Will I Definitely Need Implants As I Age?

You may wonder if you’re going to need dental implants as you age even if you do not have them now. There’s most certainly a commonly held belief that losing your teeth is a normal part of “old age” and that with each passing birthday, you’re closing to missing teeth and a need for prosthetic care. The truth is, you are not destined for missing teeth! Let’s talk about the things you’re trying to figure out, so you can feel calm and confident about enjoying your smile no matter what.

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Dental Implants: Your “Why Not” Questions Answered

When you get yourself quite pumped up regarding the chance to choose dental implants when tooth loss has occurred, what you may want is all of the information and everything completed right now. However, with implants, it’s not going to be a 24-hour whirlwind that leads to an instantly completed smile. There’s more of a process involved. If to our assertion that you can’t just pop implants into place if you want them and go on your merry way, you ask, “Well, why not?” then it’s probably time we answer some more specific why not questions for you!

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Oral Surgery And Your Youthful Appearance

Do you feel that the appearance of your smile ages you? Perhaps it makes you feel older unto yourself as a result of the way your mouth feels or what you see when you look into the mirror. Whatever the case, you may recognize that something about your grin is causing this problem but isolating the particulars can be confusing. We can help you identify the issues and explain how oral surgery may be of extraordinary help in recapturing a youthful appearance.

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What Can Oral Surgery Improve?

You’ve heard a lot about the fact that you may be able to see some serious improvement with your smile soon because your dentist has suggested oral surgery. This sounds good, of course, because a smile that’s in excellent condition is always a beneficial state to enjoy. However, whether you’re planning on receiving implants, you need teeth extracted, or you require another type of procedure, you might wonder just what this type of care improves. Is it good for just one particular facet of protecting your oral health, you wonder? Fortunately, a handful of helpful categories will be of assistance.

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Pressing Questions: Implant Dentures And Implant Posts

Choosing to replace an arch of teeth with an implant-supported denture is something that will be met with our approval, a lot of benefits, and the promise of a future with a smile that continues to provide you with the beauty and support you deserve! While all sounds well and good upon presentation, you may wonder what’s really going on when it comes to the nuts and bolts (or the actual dental implants and empty sockets, to be exact) of this treatment. Responses to common questions about the way implants support a full denture should give you the behind-the-scenes info you’d really like to have!

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Your Implant And Crown: 3 Things It Won’t Cause

When you decide that you think a dental implant and crown is the best way to go about replacing your missing tooth (or you choose to replace multiple missing teeth with single implants and crowns), you may not realize just how many potential problems you’re sidestepping. What do we mean by this? Well, you have elected not to use a bridge and not to use a partial. These devices, though beneficial and effective in replacing teeth, bring with them some potential side effects that you do not have to worry about with implants. If you would love additional reasons to follow through with implants, then allow us to help!

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Reconsider Implants: Fixed Replacements Offer Serious Advantages

Perhaps you spent a moment thinking about dental implants for your smile in the past. However, you decided against them, followed through with prosthetics supported in the traditional way (relying on your mouth’s own tissues as the framework for support), and now you know just what these devices are like. Are you perfectly happy with the results? If not, it may be time to reconsider implants.

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Don’t Ignore Your Bite Problems

If you have gone through the experience of receiving a tooth replacement like a dental implant with us, then you know it’s extremely important that your bite is balanced beautifully once the replacement is complete. This means that when you close your teeth together, top and bottom teeth sit within one another comfortably. If your bite balance is “off,” after the placement of a prosthetic or restoration, then there may be a problem with the design, damage may have occurred, etc. While you may feel the urge to simply ignore bite problems if they happen to you, we strongly advise you to see us should they crop up. Find out why.

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What You Should Know About Dentures!

You may have some negative ideas about dentures. When you hear someone talk about implant dentures, you lump this information in with the rest of the knowledge you have (which is based entirely on traditional denture support), and you may end up missing out on the chance to learn about this very different tooth loss solution. Before you decide once and for all that anything with the term “denture” in it is absolutely not for you, take some time to find out what makes dentures supported with implants so unique and beneficial for those replacing missing teeth.

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