Tooth Loss: What Do Implants Help You Save?

Selecting dental implants when you’ve gone through tooth loss immediately lets you know you’re implementing a very specific rescue mission: You’re saving your smile! By replacing your missing tooth or teeth, you get your smile back, which means all is well again, right? Well, if you’ve begun thinking about what choosing implants really helps you with in terms of saving your smile, you may realize the particulars are vast and far-reaching! Take a quick tour of the way implants allow you to preserve your smile (and more) with our Santa Rosa, CA team for a more thorough understanding!

They Replace Your Missing Roots

You probably already know this, if you know the basics of dental implants, but it is worth beginning at the very beginning, so you remember that the benefits of implants are quite vast! First, they save your tooth roots. When you lose a tooth, that includes the part that’s below your gumline and within your jaw tissue. It’s your tooth’s life center! Implants are only replacing those roots, which provide the basis of support for the remainder of your missing tissue.

They Let You Save Your Missing Crowns, Too

Now, about the rest of your tissue that is missing: It’s the part that begins at your gumline and is visible to your eye. It’s called the crown of your tooth. While the dental implant itself does not replace this tissue, it offers very strong, stable support to the prosthetic that does, which we refer to as a restoration. So, implants also help you save the crown of your tooth by offering jaw-anchored, long-lasting support.

Implants Save Your Jaw Tissue

We want you to remember that in addition to saving your tooth itself, dental implants help to save your jawbone, too! This may be new to you. The loss of a tooth means the loss of roots, which formerly pressed into your jaw tissue every time you bit down. This was a means of stimulation, which sent a message to your jaw and then to your brain. The message? “Hey, there’s a tooth here, so please send nutrients to me, your jaw tissue, so I can remain healthy!” You need this to continue, so your jaw doesn’t deteriorate. Implants replace roots, thereby allowing the stimulation to continue!

Rescue Your Smile With Dental Implants

Find out all of the ins and outs of dental implants, restorations, and what you can accomplish with them by coming in to meet with our team of oral and maxillofacial surgeons. All it takes is a consultation to begin! Schedule the time you need in Santa Rosa, CA by calling Santa Rosa Oral Surgery at 707-545-4625 to schedule your visit today.