Losing your teeth can impact so many aspects of your daily life, from your appearance to your meal options! But we can help restore and protect your smile with tooth replacement. From bridges to dental implants, your team at Dreem Dentistry in Leawood, KS, talks about our prosthodontic options! We can handle minor tooth loss, replacing a lost tooth or two, or even support prosthetics that handle most or all of your teeth at once, so you can once again smile without hesitation!
Getting Started
To begin, we will talk to you about your tooth loss and examine your smile to assess the cause. We may need to manage underlying issues like gum disease to ensure the success of your dental prosthetic, and to protect any raking natural teeth. Our team will then decide which of our prosthodontic options is right for your smile.
Dental Bridges
We don’t want to see your oral health and self-confidence suffer due to tooth loss. Even minor cases could lead to trouble, but we have prosthodontic options to help replace what has been lost and protect the stability, health, and beauty of your bite. If you have a single missing tooth, or as many as two to three in a row, we could offer a dental bridge.
The prosthetic consists of new teeth with crowns on each end, all made from a durable material like ceramic, which we can also shade for a lifelike appearance. Our team will remove structure from the abutment teeth (the natural teeth on each side of the gap) and then take detailed images and impressions, which we use to design and craft the prosthetic.
Full and Partial Dentures
If you have more severe tooth loss, we can help with dentures. For example, if you have several gaps spread out across your smile, we could create a partial denture. The prosthetic contains new teeth set in an acrylic base, one that looks like gum tissues. There will be clasps that attach to natural teeth to secure your partial in place, filling all the gaps at once with lifelike replacement teeth.
We also have a complete denture, which contains a full row of new ceramic teeth set in an acrylic base. Again, we take steps to ensure a comfortable fit and a lifelike appearance. Suction or an adhesive will help keep your denture secure when worn. With both of these options, they will need to be soaked and cleaned regularly, and they can last between 5 and 10 years on average, helping you smile with confidence.
Implant Dentistry
We also have an option that can look and function like natural teeth. These are dental implants, small biocompatible titanium posts that we surgically insert into the jaw, where they act like new roots. The titanium material ensures the body accepts them as new roots, so they can last for decades to come, possibly a lifetime with proper care and attention. Our team can guide one into place to handle a single missing tooth, completing it with an abutment and crown, so you have a lifelike and durable chewing surface.
If you have more severe cases of tooth loss, then we could use several posts to support a bridge or partial. If you have lost most or all of your teeth, then we could extract the last few and insert multiple dental implants into the jaw. We then attach a complete row of new teeth, so you have a denture that never slips or requires removal for soaking or cleaning, acting like a natural smile.
If you have any questions about how we help take on tooth loss with prosthodontic dentistry, or if you have gaps in your smile you want to see addressed, then please reach out to our team today to learn more. We want to help you smile with confidence, enjoy your favorite foods again, and neb kale to speak clearly in social situations. You can start your journey to a full smile today, we are ready to help decide which option is best for you, so you can feel great when you smile.
Learn More About Prosthodontic Dentistry
We understand the risks caused by tooth loss and are ready to replace what has been lost with dental prosthetics. Whether you have recently lost a tooth or years have elapsed and you have a severe case of tooth loss, we can help restore your smile to full function and beauty again, with results designed to look great and truly last. Call Dreem Dentistry in Leawood, KS, today at (913) 681-5500 to schedule your visit with our friendly team.
