If you’ve experienced tooth loss because of a chronic oral health concern, like gum disease, then there are already several things you should consider before receiving dental implants to replace them. In the case of gum disease, for instance, the reason why it causes tooth loss is because it erodes the gum tissues and jawbone structure that support them. Before you replace your lost teeth and their roots, it’s important to address this disease and stop the destruction that it causes. Today, we examine a few other things you should consider and what you may need to change before receiving dental implants. (more…)

Losing one or more teeth isn’t always easy to come to terms with, especially if you’ve taken exceptionally good care of your oral health until now. However, the good news is that recovering from tooth loss isn’t as difficult as it used to be, especially with today’s advanced, highly lifelike dental restorations. While modern dental bridges and dentures can create highly lifelike results for your smile’s appearance, there’s a significant difference between them and more comprehensive dental implant restorations. That difference is in how each restoration is supported, and the fact that dental implants can replicate your natural teeth roots has several important implications. (more…)

After losing one or more of your natural teeth, the priority should be to replace them as soon as possible. The longer your dental ridge remains incomplete, the greater the impact of the loss on your overall oral health. However, the way you replace your lost tooth or teeth is just as important as how quickly you do it. For example, for optimal results, many patients benefit from replacing the roots of their teeth as well as their visible crowns with a dental implant-supported restoration. (more…)

The art of restoring your smile when one or more teeth are compromised is often a simple and direct process. For example, if your tooth is fractured or broken, then a restoration such as a dental crown may likely be able to fix it. However, if one or more teeth are lost, then rebuilding your smile could be more complex. Rather than repairing and preserving your natural tooth structure, the goal is to closely replicate it with a custom-designed tooth replacement. (more…)

When many people experience tooth loss, the most important question they face is how to restore their smiles. For many of them, the answer is with a dental implant-supported restoration, which helps rebuild your smile by replacing the roots and visible structures of your lost teeth. In addition to their more lifelike results in replacing your lost teeth, dental implants also help improve several other aspects of your oral health, bite function, and the performance of your dental prosthesis. Today, we answer a few common questions about dental implants, and how they can impact your smile and oral health. (more…)

Bouncing back from tooth loss is easier for many people than they realize at first, thanks largely to the advancement of highly lifelike dental restorations, such as dental bridges and dentures. With the addition of dental implants, modern restorations are even more able to restore your smile, oral health, and bite function following the loss of one or multiple teeth. The good thing about dental implants is that, because they’re designed to replace the roots of your lost teeth, they can be utilized to address tooth loss of nearly any degree. That includes supporting a single replacement tooth, or providing greater stability for a larger dental bridge or denture. (more…)

The greatest consideration when it comes to replacing one or more lost teeth is how well the replacement can actually restore your oral health, bite function, and more. While there are specific prosthetic dental options to address different severities of tooth loss, such as dental bridges and partial/full dentures, dental implants are designed to provide optimal support for them all. This helps solve the most important consideration of tooth loss by giving your replacement teeth a more lifelike system of support, which also helps your restoration more successfully restore your smile. (more…)

The benefits of replacing teeth that are lost can seem obvious, especially if you’ve dealt with the loss for a while. However, the specific ways in which a custom dental prosthesis can benefit your smile depend on what it can specifically restore for you. For many people who experience tooth loss, the most beneficial prosthesis is one that’s supported on an appropriate number of root-like dental implant posts. By replacing your lost teeth roots, dental implants can enable your prosthesis to do more to restore and preserve the long-term health of your smile. (more…)