The process of placing dental implants requires precision and accuracy, so we can ensure your new teeth can stay in place for years to come, and also keep your current facial structure and jaw intact. To plan and oversee the process, we employ advanced digital technology. In today’s blog, your Santa Rosa, CA, oral surgeons talk about placing dental implants with advanced dental technology.
When to Seek Dental Implants
When should you see our team to discuss tooth replacement with implant dentistry? We recommend this when you lose even a single tooth. We can also help smiles that have lost most or all of their teeth. Otherwise, you risk further tooth loss and an older appearance as your smile erodes due to lack of tooth roots. You could also have issues with eating and speaking, and could develop complications like TMJ disorder and bruxism (teeth grinding). But we can ensure your smile is whole and healthy again with implant dentistry!
Planning Your Placement
Dental implants are essentially new tooth roots made from biocompatible titanium. These are inserted into the jawbone and preserve the bone structure, so your new teeth can last and keep your smile and facial structure intact. We want to plan the process in detail. With digital x-rays, we take x-ray images using 90% less radiation, and without bitewings or lengthy development periods. These offer a precise and detailed picture of your smile and jawbone structure. We can use dental technology to gather panoramic images too!
For a detailed 3D model of your smile, we can use cone-beam computed tomography, or CBCT. These scans of your head and mouth allow us to assess the strength of your jawbone to see if you need grafting or sinus lift. We can also choose the best angles, positions, and depths to insert your new posts, ensuring we avoid contact with blood vessels, nerve tissues, and sinus cavities.
Guiding Your New Implants Into Place
Once we have planned the procedure in detail and the time comes for placement, our team will use a digital surgical guide to help us insert the posts at the right angles and positions to support a new tooth, or to place several to support a set of dentures. This ensures uniformity and proper placement, so you can enjoy new teeth that look and function like natural ones, and that last for years to come.
If you have any questions about the technology we use to plan and place dental implants, then contact our team today.
Ask Our Team About Placing New Teeth
Our team wants to help address tooth loss with the placement of one or more dental implants. To schedule an appointment with your Santa Rosa, CA, dentists, call our office today at 707-545-4625.