Dental implant surgery is a procedure that replaces missing teeth with artificial teeth that are surgically implanted into the jawbone. The implants are made of titanium and are designed to look and feel like natural teeth. The surgery is typically performed by an oral surgeon and can take several hours to
Implantology is the term for the placement of dental implants by a dentist, specialist dentist in oral surgery, or oral and maxillofacial surgeons. With a license to practice, every dentist obtains permission to practice the full range of dentistry and thus also to place dental implants. The 'focus area in implantology' established in 2001 by the European Association of Dental Implantologists before the Federal Constitutional Court is not an additional designation according to the training regulations and is not granted under public law.