The appearance of your smile is an important aspect of your oral health, but healthy and attractive teeth are much more than just accessories. They play several vital roles in your everyday life, and when you lose a tooth, the consequences can be more complex than you realize at first. Because of this, many patients benefit most from replacing their lost teeth with one or more dental implants. The innovative, biocompatible posts are made to support a restoration in a similar way as healthy teeth roots, which vastly improves the stability and comfort of most dental restorations. This also has several important long-term advantages, both for your restoration’s quality and for the overall state of your oral health.
The way they interact with your oral structures
The biggest difference between dental implants and traditional restorations is the way in which they interact with your other oral structures. Traditional dental bridges and dentures minimize this interaction, and are supported by bases that rest on top of your dental ridges, or on dental crowns that are bonded to nearby teeth. By contrast, dental implant posts mimic healthy, natural teeth roots by being placed within your jawbone, allowing it to interact with and bond to the biocompatible dental implant posts. This process is known as osseointegration, and it’s the key to how dental implants perform long-term.
The improved stability of your replacement teeth
The stability of your dental restoration when you bite and chew with it is vital to its immediate and long-term performance, and has everything to do with how your restoration is supported. Conventional dental bridges and dentures can restore a decent amount of your bite’s function, but the diminished stability compared to your healthy, natural teeth means that it may not allow you to comfortably eat certain foods. With dental implant posts supporting it, however, your custom-designed dental restoration will be able to handle much more bite pressure without being damaged or forced out of place.
The preservation of your smile’s foundation
A dental implant post connects your dental restoration to the supportive bone structure of your dental ridge, which means it interacts with the bone structure in addition to stabilizing your bite. This is essential for several reasons, but one of the most important is addressing the impact of losing one or more teeth roots. When this occurs, the empty space in your jawbone can cause the bone structure to resorb and your dental ridge to grow smaller. Fortunately, dental implants can help prevent this from occurring by reestablishing the connection and stimulation that your jawbone has lost.
Enjoy the long-term benefits of dental implants
Dental implants benefit your smile in more ways than one, and their ability to replace your lost teeth roots means they have several significant long-term advantages. To learn more, schedule a consultation by calling Santa Rosa Oral Surgery in Santa Rosa, CA, today at 707-545-4625.