An implant is a medical device made to replace and act as a missing biological structure (as compared with a transplant, which indicates transplanted biomedical tissue). A medical device is an object which is useful for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes See also Biomedical material and Implant (medicine Biomedical tissue is biological tissue used for Organ transplantation The surface of implants that contact the body might be made of a biomedical material such as titanium, silicone or apatite or others depending on what is the most functional. Titanium (taɪˈteɪniəm is a Chemical element with the symbol Ti and Atomic number 22 Silicones are largely inert compounds with a wide variety of forms and uses In some cases implants contain electronics e. Electronics refers to the flow of charge (moving Electrons through Nonmetal conductors (mainly Semiconductors, whereas electrical g. artificial pacemaker and cochlear implants. For other uses see Pacemaker (disambiguation A pacemaker (or artificial pacemaker, so as not to be confused with the heart's natural pacemaker A cochlear implant (CI is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of Sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing Some implants are bioactive, such as (subcutaneous) drug delivery devices in the form of e. Pharmacological or biological activity is an expression describing the beneficial or adverse effects of a Drug on living matter. The subcutaneous tissue or subcutis is the layer of Loose connective tissue directly underlying the Dermis. Drug delivery is the method or process of administering a g. implantable pills or drug-eluting stents. A drug-eluting stent is a Coronary stent (a scaffold placed into narrowed diseased coronary arteries that slowly releases a Drug to block cell
In orthopedic surgery, implants may refer to devices that are placed over or within bones to hold a fracture reduction while prosthesis would be the more appropriate term for devices that replace a part or whole of a defunct joint. Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (also spelled orthopaedics) is the branch of Surgery concerned with injuries to or conditions involving the A fracture is the (local separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress. Reduction is a medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment In Medicine, a prosthesis (plural prostheses) is an Artificial extension that replaces a missing Body part. In this context implants may be placed within the body (internal) or placed outside the body (external). With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual Dental implants are one of the few medical devices which permanently cross the boundary between the inside and the outside of the body, since the base of the implant is osseointegrated in the bone of the mandible or maxilla and the top of the implant is in the mouth, where it can be crowned with an artificial tooth. A medical device is an object which is useful for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes Osseointegration is the direct structural and functional connection between living Bone and the surface of a load-bearing artificial implant, typically made of Bones are rigid organs that form part of the Endoskeleton of Vertebrates They function to move support and protect the various organs of the body produce The mandible (from Latin mandibula, "jawbone" or inferior maxillary bone forms the lower Jaw and holds the lower teeth in place This article is about the Mammal maxilla For Arthropod maxillae see Mouthparts; for Insect maxillae in particular see Insect mouthparts The mouth, buccal cavity, or oral cavity is the first portion of the Alimentary canal that receives food and begins digestion by mechanically breaking up
Complications
- Implant fail to osseointegrate
- Failure of components to fit properly
- Implant or its components fracture
- Peri-implantitis (inflammatory reaction around the implant) and bone loss
- Prosthetic failure
- Aesthetics
- (late deep) Infection
See also
References
- D. Osseointegration is the direct structural and functional connection between living Bone and the surface of a load-bearing artificial implant, typically made of Inflammation ( Latin, inflamatio, to set on fire is the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli such as Pathogens An infection is the detrimental Colonization of a host Organism by a foreign Species. A breast implant is a Prosthesis used to enlarge the size of a woman's Breasts (known as breast augmentation, breast enlargement, mammoplasty In Medicine, a prosthesis (plural prostheses) is an Artificial extension that replaces a missing Body part. A medical device is an object which is useful for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes F. Williams, Williams Dictionary of Biomaterials. Liverpool University Press, 1999 ISBN-13: 978-0-85323-734-1; ISBN-10: 0-85323-734-4