For custom-designed replacement teeth that are supported by one or more dental implants, the benefits compared to more traditional restorations are many. Dental implants, which are designed to mimic the form and functions of healthy, natural teeth roots, can give your dental bridge or denture a level of stability that isn’t possible without them. Today, we examine what that means for your oral health, your bite function, and your restoration’s comfort and capabilities, and why these are among the most important benefits of dental implants. (more…)
Is It Difficult to Replace Lost Teeth with Dental Implants?
Tooth loss can be complex. While replacing one or more lost teeth can seem simple, it might be more challenging than you expect to address all of the potential consequences of tooth loss, such as the loss of your natural teeth roots. The good news is that dental implants can help most patients who experience tooth loss restore their smiles in a way that addresses or prevents most of these consequences. Even better news is that, because of their high biocompatibility, dental implants can be a viable solution for restoring smiles that suffer from tooth loss to varying degrees. (more…)
How Dental Implants Impact Your Replacement Teeth
Since they were first introduced decades ago, dental implants have become one of the most popular solutions for addressing nearly all degrees of tooth loss. Unlike traditional restorations, dental implants are designed specifically to replace your lost teeth roots, giving your dental prosthesis stronger and more lifelike support. Today, we examine a few ways this impacts your dental prosthesis’ performance, as well as the long-term advantages of giving it one or more root-like dental implants to rest on. (more…)
Why Jawbone Grafting May Be Part of Your Tooth Replacement
Like most dental health concerns, tooth loss is best addressed as soon as possible. Not only does his help you avoid many of the day-to-day consequences of tooth loss, but it also helps slow down or stop the many other concerns that result from the loss of your natural tooth structure. Once of these concerns is the diminished stimulation in your jawbone now that it’s missing one or more natural teeth roots. This can cause the bone structure to lose mass and density over time, and for many patients who wish to rebuild their smiles, jawbone grafting may be an important part of addressing this concern before they can receive their custom restoration. (more…)
What Makes Dental Implants Biocompatible?
There are many different benefits that people appreciate about their dental implants, and all of them stem from the highly biocompatible nature of the dental implant posts. These are designed to replace the roots of your lost teeth as part of the foundation of your dental prosthesis, providing a higher level of support for the prosthesis when you bite and chew with it. This ability to replace your lost teeth roots is thanks to the jawbone structure’s ability to bond to the implant posts after they’ve been placed. (more…)
How Preserving Your Smile Is Easier with Dental Implants
Bouncing back from any oral health concern is about more than just dealing with the issue at hand. To protect your smile and oral health from problems in the future, your treatment should also focus on preserving your healthy, natural teeth and oral tissues as much as possible. In the case of tooth loss, this is especially important. Losing a tooth can have devastating consequences in nearly every aspect of your oral health. Fortunately, dental implants can make it easier to address all of those consequences and help you preserve more of your healthy smile long into the future. (more…)
Why Adult Tooth Loss Is Such a Problem
When natural adult teeth are healthy, they have a good chance of lasting for life. They’re the strongest parts of your body, and they’re meant to bite and chew your food for as long as you need them to. This makes losing one or more adult teeth problematic for several different reasons. It’s typically caused by an underlying condition that can grow worse even after you’ve experienced tooth loss. Also, the loss itself can lead to several concerns with your immediate and long-term oral health. (more…)
Other Benefits of Replacing Teeth with Dental Implants
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…)