Dr. Katie To explains why dental implant patients should test their body's compatibility with titanium or zirconia before choosing. Your lifestyle, from CrossFit to yoga, affects which material works best for you. Biocompatibility testing helps you pick the implant your body actually tolerates.
Another option is most people want quality of life. They want to be able to chew again, feel like they're eating and tasting the food again. Then a lot of patients would look into a single implant replacement. And we have two different materials out there. We have titanium, which is like a metal implant, and we have zirconia, which is a ceramic implant. You got to understand your body. Know thyself. We know that. Somebody can do, I would say, CrossFit, and doing great, I can do CrossFit. I know that for me, walking, lower Pilates, yoga, better for me. Again, with same with the implant, we have to get the patient tested. We call the biocompatibility testing. And with that testing, we can confident showing the patient that, yes, you are compatible with both. You're compatible with this and not that. And that way they can pick the right material for themselves.
