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Nothing is more winning than a radiant smile. However, aging, nature or bad care do not permit a radiant smile for everyone. Teeth are exposed to many uses during life. Considerable malpositions of the jaw or the teeth, which must be corrected, can often be seen in childhood already. Aging is another reason for teeth getting unsightly or that patients lose her teeth. In all these cases, the Kieferchirurgie provides a correction of the malpositions or perfectly Zahnersatz. In addition, injuries by accidents or congenital defect come under the treatment of the oral surgeons. After a fracture of a jaw, a fast and careful treatment is necessary to preserve the functionality and appearance of jaw and teeth. A cleft palate must be closed as early as possibly to not impair the child‘s development.
The Kieferchirurgie covers all damages and changes, which are available inside of mouth and throat as well as the jaw generally. As a rule, the work of the Kieferchirurgie starts in a case history and an exact examination. Modern methods, like the 3-D-diagnostics, create a detailed photo of the patient so that an exact treatment of the illness is made possible. Primarily before use of implants as Zahnersatz, the knowledge about the jaw condition is of great importance.
Often, Kieferchirurgie (with günstiger zahnersatz) is already needed in the childhood for the first time. Babies who are born with a cleft palate n must undergo surgery, which corrects this deformity and makes the right eating possible. Nevertheless, even at correcting malpositions of the jaw, the Kieferchirurgie helps with braces and operations.
Another important working area of oral surgeons is Zahnersatz. Started by a partial substitute, bridges or the implant of single teeth up to complete artificial teeth the surgery possibilities are numerous. Primarily the work with tooth implants requires manual knowledge and use of excellent materials since otherwise the implants can lead to inflammations or damages. It is the oral surgeon’s task to find the right implant for the patient from the variety of implants, which can be found in dentistry.
At construction and customization, the surgeons usually use the original teeth as models. The Zahnersatz is formed and adapted so it cannot be distinguished from the patient’s original teeth. This applies primarily to implants - here the artificial tooth may not be recognized since it isusually placed between two teeth. Also at the treatment of jaw malpositions attention must pay that a natural image is created and that after the treatment the teeth have an as natural and perfect position as possible.
The choice of the right surgery for Kieferchirurgie is decisive for a winning smile. Who faces the world with straight and perfect teeth is more self-confident and seems more pleasant. Therefore, high-quality Zahnersatz and the best treatment of tooth damages are particularly important.