Before you began learning about dental implants, you may have been completely unaware of certain things in regard to what it means to lose your teeth. What’s that, you say? You don’t really know much about implants just yet and now you’re wringing your hands, wondering if there’s some education you should probably gather up before you move forward with replacing teeth? Since it’s certainly always beneficial to learn more about your oral health and more about options to promote a healthy and full smile, our Conroe, TX team would like to help. Consider some morsels of surprising information patients frequently stumble upon only as they learn about implants!
#1: Your Jaw Tissue Is In Danger Without Them
If you don’t have dental implants but some other form of teeth replacement, you’re not replacing your roots. The one way to replace your roots (and later, the crown of your tooth) is with implants. Remember, these are posts that will be inserted during a placement surgery into your jawbone. Without this placement, your jaw is left without roots within it. This leaves it without the stimulation it once received that essentially told your brain to send nutrients to keep your jaw healthy! Keep this in mind as you select a replacement and feel free to ask additional questions.
#2: You May Have Already Experienced Some Jaw Deterioration
Have you been without your tooth or teeth for some time at this point? If so, you may have already experienced some deterioration to your jaw tissue (though this may be news to you). Fortunately, we can rebuild damaged tissue with grafting and, again, you may stop any additional damage from occurring by selecting dental implants!
#3: Your Smile As You Know It Might Be Ready To Move
No, we don’t mean your smile is going to take a hike from Conroe and move out of state. What we mean is that the teeth in your smile have all been resting in particular locations for a long time. As a result, you may imagine that they are sort of cemented right in place and that they cannot move. The truth is, they can shift. When a tooth is gone (or multiple teeth), they often begin to head in the direction of those open areas. The smile you’ve known for so long, in addition to having fewer teeth, may also begin to look different if you don’t replace those teeth with a prosthetic, such as a dental implant and restoration.
Gain Additional Education About Dental Implants
Learn more about implants soon if you are interested in feeling extremely educated on the topics of tooth loss and tooth replacement. Come in for a visit in Conroe, TX by scheduling a visit with the Dental Centre of Conroe by calling (936) 441-4600. We serve patients from Conroe, Houston, The Woodlands, Willis, Montgomery, Magnolia, Huntsville, and the neighboring communities.