The best way to rebuild your smile after experiencing tooth loss is to replace as much of your lost tooth structure as possible. That includes the roots of your lost teeth, which makes dental implants so essential when it comes to addressing tooth loss. Dental implants are designed to mimic natural teeth roots, which means they not only support your restoration with greater comfort, but also interact with your oral structures the same way teeth roots do. Today, we examine a few more of the important benefits dental implants provide, and what they can mean for the long-term state of your oral health. (more…)
Things You Should Know About Jawbone Grafting
There are many aspects to your oral health and bite function that could become areas of concern before you realize it. In some cases, lesser known consequences of things like chronic periodontal disease or tooth loss can affect other structures, such as the bone structure in your upper and/or lower dental ridges. If your jawbone’s health and integrity have been impacted in a way that has caused it to lose mass and density, then jawbone grafting could be the best solution for fortifying it. (more…)
Why Dental Implants Are Great for Replacing Extracted Teeth
After losing one or more teeth, patients often realize that dental implants are the best way to fully restore their smiles. However, when you’re faced with the need to extract a tooth, replacing it afterward not be the first thing that comes to mind. While the tooth remains, the best thing for it should be to preserve its healthy, natural structure. When that isn’t possible and the tooth must be extracted, the next best thing is to replace the tooth with a lifelike dental implant restoration. (more…)
Could Dental Implants Really Improve Your Oral Health?
Restoring your smile is about more than just making it look the way it did before you developed an oral health concern. For example, restoring a damaged tooth doesn’t just make it look healthy again, but also restores its health and structural integrity so you can fully bite and chew with it again. The same is true when restoring your smile by replacing one or more lost teeth. The appearance of your smile after the loss may be highly noticeable, but your restoration should help reestablish all of the teeth’s functions as well as their appearance. In many cases, that’s only possible with the help of an appropriate number of dental implants. (more…)
What to Expect After Losing Teeth
Tooth loss is the type of situation that will always impact your oral health once it occurs. However, what that impact looks like and how severe it is depends largely on how you address the loss of your teeth. If you don’t know how serious the consequences of tooth loss can be, then you might not be as inclined to address it as soon as possible. Today, we examine a few of the things that can happen after losing teeth, and how they can impact your strategy for restoring your smile. (more…)
Is There a Way to Stop Your Dentures from Slipping?
If you’ve worn a partial or full denture for a while now, you may have pleasantly forgotten what it’s like to not have two full rows of teeth. However, dentures often have ways of reminding you that they’re there, such as unexpectedly slipping or shifting as you bite, chew, or speak to someone. This movement involves several different factors, such as the level of wear on your denture and the strength of the adhesive, if any. Two of the biggest factors, however, are the lack of anchors like the roots that support your healthy teeth, and the changing shape of your jawbone due to the diminished stimulation in it. (more…)
Going Over the Benefits of Implant Restorations
Restoring your smile after tooth loss can sometimes be a more comprehensive matter than you expect at first. For instance, you know that it’s important to close the gap in your smile, but you may not realize the importance of your restoration’s design and the way in which it’s supported. The main benefit of dental implant restorations, which are supported by implant posts that mimic healthy teeth roots, is that they address all of the aspects that go into restoring your smile. This can help you better preserve the long-term health and integrity of your smile after you’ve experienced tooth loss. (more…)
Can You Predict Your Tooth Loss?
Nobody can predict the future, and since tooth loss can be unpredictable, it’s easy to take a not-very-concerned stance towards it. However, while tooth loss may or may not occur, you don’t have to leave your smile’s future up to fate. If you pay close attention to your oral health and take warning signs seriously, you can predict your likelihood of experiencing tooth loss and take steps to help avoid. If it’s too late to avoid it, then we can plan your treatment accordingly to deal with the underlying problem and plan your tooth replacement as soon as possible. (more…)
Enjoying Your New Dental Implants
Dealing with tooth loss is about more than just mitigating the effects that it can have on your oral health. These effects are significant and, if not addressed promptly, they can have serious consequences for your smile, oral health, and quality of life. When you’re considering replacing your lost teeth, it’s important to consider how the restoration you choose can help you restore that quality of life as well as your smile and bite function. For many people who experience tooth loss, the ability to address nearly every aspect of tooth loss often makes dental implants the ideal choice for dealing with it. (more…)
A Brief Look at the Dental Implant Procedure
Preparing to receive dental implants can be an exciting time. After having experienced the consequences of tooth loss, you may be eager to once again enjoy the comfort and confidence that comes with a full and healthy smile. Yet, not knowing what to expect can also cause some anxiety for some patients. With the goal of making your treatment as comfortable and convenient as possible, we can help put those anxieties to rest by guiding you through what the implant procedure entails at our Santa Rosa, CA, oral surgery office. (more…)