If you have missing teeth, then our team can offer dental implants to secure a durable and lifelike solution, one that can offer advantages over traditional bridges and removable dentures. In today’s blog, your Shrewsbury, MA, dentist talks about the advantages that dental implants offer for our patients and how we secure your new teeth, or possibly an entirely new smile!
The Need for Tooth Replacement
When you have a single missing tooth, or even if you have lost of all your teeth, then we can help with dental implants. Otherwise, you could have issues eating your favorite foods, problems speaking clearly, and could feel embarrassed about your overall appearance. Without tooth roots to stimulate the flow of calcium and phosphorus to the jaw, the areas weaken to cause further tooth loss or even an aged appearance. When you have missing teeth, then talk to our team about dental implants. These offer a number of advantages over traditional bridges or removable dentures.
Advantages Over Bridges and Removable Dentures
With dental implants, we don’t connect your prosthetic to surrounding teeth or secure them with suction or adhesives. Instead, we will actually insert the implant portion into the jaw with oral surgery. This means the biocompatible titanium post has a chance to be accepted by the jaw as natural root structure, so the flow of nutrients will resume to keep your jawbone intact. As a result, your new teeth can remain in place for decades to come, possibly a lifetime. In comparison, bridges need replacement every 10 to 15 years, while removable dentures must be replaced every 5 to 10 years. If we use several posts to secure a bridge or denture, you have a prosthetic that never slips when you eat or speak, and doesn’t need to be removed for cleaning or soaking. Instead, they will look and function like natural tooth structure.
Securing Your New Teeth
How do we place your new teeth? Our team will examine your smile with digital x-rays, so we can choose the best angle, position, and depth to insert the new implants. We then guide them into place with digital surgical guides. Once in place, we can attach an abutment and crown for an individual missing tooth. If you have more severe cases of tooth loss, we could use several posts to support a bridge or even a full set of dentures. If you have any questions, contact our team!
Obtain Tooth Replacement With Modern Dentistry Of Shrewsbury
We want to help you enjoy a tooth replacement option with tons of advantages. To find out more about our office or to schedule an appointment for implant dentistry, call Modern Dentistry of Shrewsbury in Shrewsbury, MA at (508) 842-8838 today.
