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2. Dentures - Wikipedia

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   Medical uses. Dentures can help people via: Mastication: chewing ability is improved by the replacement of edentulous (lacking teeth) areas with denture teeth.; Aesthetics: the presence of teeth gives a natural appearance to the face, and wearing a denture to replace missing teeth provides support for the lips and cheeks and corrects the collapsed appearance that results from the loss of teeth.

3. Dental implant - Wikipedia

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   Implants preserve the integrity of the teeth adjacent to the edentulous area, and it has been shown that dental implant therapy is less costly and more efficient over time than tooth-supported FPDs for the replacement of one missing tooth. The major disadvantage of dental implant surgery is the need for a surgical procedure.

4. Zygoma implant - Wikipedia

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   Zygoma implants (or zygomatic implants) are different from conventional dental implants in that they anchor in to the zygomatic bone (cheek bone) rather than the maxilla (upper jaw). They may be used when maxillary bone quality or quantity is inadequate for the placement of regular dental implants. [1] Inadequate maxillary bone volume may be ...

5. Kanye West's 'titanium teeth' are permanent, rep says - AOL

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   A representative of Ye initially confirmed to TODAY.com on Jan. 18 that the performer got "titanium dentures" installed recently by Dr. Thomas Connelly, a Beverly Hills, California, based dentist ...

6. Dental prosthesis - Wikipedia

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   Dental prosthesis. A dental prosthesis is an intraoral (inside the mouth) prosthesis used to restore (reconstruct) intraoral defects such as missing teeth, missing parts of teeth, and missing soft or hard structures of the jaw and palate. [1] Prosthodontics is the dental specialty that focuses on dental prostheses.

7. Tooth transplant - Wikipedia

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   Tooth transplant. Tooth transplant. A) Unrestorable upper right first permanent molar (FDI: 16). B) Extraction socket of unrestorable upper right first permanent molar. C) Extracted upper right wisdom tooth (FDI:18) immediately transplanted into socket of upper right first permanent molar. D) Transplanted wisdom tooth splinted into position.