Nowadays, restorative dental procedures such as implant dentistry among others are able to assist in enhancing your smile while providing a sturdy line of defense from harm. While losing teeth as an adult is not as common of a phenomenon as one might think, it can be addressed more easily with advanced technology, even when… Read more »
Category: Dental Implants
Ways that Dental Implants Can Enhance Your Smile
Extracting a tooth is almost always a last resort that is usually only considered if your oral health is at risk. When this occurs, however, it is important to have the missing structure replaced, as not doing so can affect your bite, function, and potential for developing future infection. In order to preserve your smile’s… Read more »
Why Choose Dental Implants for Your Restoration?
When people experience tooth loss, they may choose to replace their lost teeth for different motivations. For some people, the biggest concern is restoring their smiles’ appearance and regaining their self-confidence. For others, it may be restoring proper balance and function to their bite so they can enjoy their favorite foods once again. These and… Read more »
What Some People Need Before Dental Implants
When your smile loses one or more teeth, it loses several different aspects that contribute to its overall function. The most obvious of these aspects is your ability to bite and chew your food comfortably, which can be affected by the imbalance caused by the empty space in your teeth’s ranks. Other, much less obvious… Read more »
How Implants Give Replacement Teeth Better Support
There are many different factors to consider when it comes to rebuilding your smile after tooth loss. For example, the number of teeth you’ve lost will determine what type of restoration is best for replacing them. Also, the potential impact of the loss on your remaining healthy teeth may be significant enough to require additional… Read more »
Why Dental Implants Are Better at Replacing Lost Teeth
Not all tooth replacement options are the same. For some people, the best solution is to replace a lost tooth, or multiple adjacent teeth, with a custom-designed dental bridge. For others, the dispersed nature of their lost teeth means they’ll need a partial denture to successfully fill the gaps in their smiles. However, what many… Read more »
How to Prepare Your Smile for Dental Implants
When you receive dental implants to replace one or more lost teeth, the implant posts and your natural jawbone structure surrounding it do most of the work. As the bone structure heals, it fuses to the biocompatible implant posts. When this process is complete, the implant posts take on the brunt of your bite’s pressure,… Read more »
What Makes Dental Implants Successful?
People who experience tooth loss and choose dental implants to rebuild their smiles make the choice for different reasons. For example, if you’ve recently lost one or more teeth, then choosing dental implants can help you preserve more of your smile by addressing the consequences. If you’ve dealt with tooth loss for a while, you… Read more »
How Can Dentures Work Better with Dental Implants?
For patients who’ve experienced complete tooth loss, or edentulism, on their upper or lower dental ridge, a denture is typically the option for restoring their smiles’ appearance and their bite’s ability to function. Today’s modern dentures can do an exceptional job of mimicking the appearance of your healthy, natural teeth to ensure optimal results when… Read more »
The Underlying Importance of Implanted Replacement Teeth
Dental implants aren’t a secret in the world of dental health care, or to people who’ve lost teeth and need to replace them. However, the particular ways in which dental implants benefit your oral health and rebuild your bite’s function aren’t widely known, nor is the importance of replacing the roots of your lost teeth… Read more »
