While removable dentures are an effective way to address tooth loss, these tend to require replacement every few years. But what if we could offer a set of fixed dentures that can last decades, maybe even a lifetime? In today’s blog, your Shrewsbury, MA, dentist talks about how we offer a full smile again with hybrid dentures.
The Risks Associated With Tooth Loss
If you lose the majority of your natural teeth, this could lead to major complications in your daily life. You could find yourself with limited meal options and poor nutritional intake as a result. Your missing teeth could make clear speech a difficult process, and as the body stops sending key nutrients to the jaw around the missing roots, this could cause a break down linked to further tooth loss and an aged appearance. While removable options can restore some function to your smile, for results that look and function like natural teeth, you should consider hybrid prosthetics.
Inserting Your New Dental Implants
Hybrid dentures don’t need adhesives or suction to stay in place. Instead, our team will carefully examine the smile and choose the best areas, angles, and positions to insert multiple dental implants. We could secure a new smile with as little as four posts per arch. These are surgically inserted into the jaw and will be accepted as natural root structure by the body. This helps protect your jaw and keep it intact, so that your new teeth can last for decades to come, possibly a lifetime! In comparison, removable prosthetics need to be replaced every 5 to 20 years on average.
Connecting Your New Smile
Once your new roots are in place and have bonded with the jaw, we can move forward with the visible part of your new smile. We will create a new set of teeth from durable and lifelike ceramic, shading the new teeth to offer a lifelike appearance. Our team then attaches the new teeth to the implants, so you have a full smile with a prosthetic that will never slip when you eat or drink, and one that you don’t need to remove for soaking or cleaning. If you have any questions about how we handle missing teeth with our hybrid dentures, or if you have major tooth loss that needs attention, then contact our team today to learn more.
Do You Have Questions About Custom Fixed Dentures
Our team wants to talk about how we address major tooth loss with our hybrid dentures, so we can help you enjoy a full smile again with results that can potentially last a lifetime. To learn more about securing a full smile, then please call Modern Dentistry Of Shrewsbury today at 508-842-8838.
