When you have a single missing tooth, we could place a single dental implant. But what about cases in which you lose most or all of your teeth? Instead of removable dentures, we have another option. In today’s blog, your Shrewsbury, MA, dentist talks about our hybrid dentures.
The Risks and Causes of Tooth Loss
How do we end up losing most or all of our teeth? What causes edentulism? This is often due to the presence of periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease. When this occurs, the tissues connecting your teeth and gums are severed, which leads to loose and missing teeth. When you have major tooth loss, this could limit your meal options and nutritional intake. You could also have issues with clear speech and even develop an aged appearance. The aged appearance occurs because the body will stop sending doses of calcium and phosphorus to the jaw around the missing root. As the jaw breaks down, this means you develop further tooth loss and an older appearance. But with dental implant-supported dentures, we can address your advanced tooth loss and preserve your youthful facial features!
Dental Implants
Each dental implant is a small screw-like post that is created from biocompatible titanium. Once inserted into the jawbone surgically, this bonds with the jaw and is accepted by the body as a new root. This means the flow of nutrients to surrounding bone structure resumes, which allows your new posts to stay in place and last for decades to come, possibly a lifetime! If you have severe tooth loss, then we will gently extract the last few teeth and insert several posts per arch. We then attach a set of new teeth, providing hybrid dentures that function like natural teeth.
Hybrid Dentures
The denture portion will be custom-made for your smile, ensuring your new teeth look natural and can handle daily bite forces and pressures. The prosthetic will be connected to the posts. So you have new teeth that never slip and don’t need to be removed for cleaning or soaking. Instead, they function like natural teeth and help preserve your jawbone as well, so you don’t develop an aged appearance. If you have any questions about how our team will provide a set of custom hybrid dentures, or if you have multiple missing teeth, then contact our team today to learn more.
Learn More About Replacing Missing Teeth Today
Don’t ignore major tooth loss, talk to our team about a possible solution with implant dentistry. For more information about treating the gaps in your smile or supporting a prosthetic, or to schedule your next visit with our office, call Modern Dentistry of Shrewsbury in Shrewsbury, MA at (508) 842-8838 today.
