When you suffer from missing teeth, this could impact how you eat and speak, and even the stability of your jaw! But our team can help fill the gaps in your smile and offer results that preserve your facial structure in the process. In today’s blog, your Prairie Village, KS, dentist talks about how we treat tooth loss with dental implants.
The Causes of Your Missing Teeth
How do natural teeth become lost? We could lose our natural teeth for a number of reasons. For example, untreated cavities and infections could be responsible, as could injuries to the face or jaw. The most common cause is periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease. Without treatment, these gaps could lead to misalignment, and the changes in your bite balance could mean TMJ disorder and bruxism (teeth grinding). As tooth loss worsens, issues eating and speaking could develop. Your jaw could also lose mass and density as the body registers the missing roots and suspend the flow of key nutrients to the jaw. To avoid an older appearance and further tooth loss, we can protect and preserve your smile with dental implants.
Securing Dental Implants
We will begin by examining your smile to assess the cause and severity of your tooth loss. We can manage underlying issues like periodontal disease, and also extract any diseased or severely infected teeth. We then examine the jaw to find the best angles, positions, and depths to insert your dental implant posts. These will be guided into place with advanced technology, and the body will accept them as natural roots. This means they bond with the jaw and can last decades to come, sometimes a lifetime with proper care and attention.
Restoring Your New Teeth
When your dental implants are in place, we can complete them with a restoration or possibly a dental prosthetic. For an individual one, we will attach an abutment that extends above the gum line. We then connect a custom dental crown to the abutment, which provides a durable chewing surface and is shaded to blend with your smile. For those with more severe cases of tooth loss, we can attach a bridge or even a denture to multiple posts, completing your smile.
If you have any questions about how we treat tooth loss with our lifelike and durable dental implants, then contact our team today to learn more.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPLANT DENTISTRY?
Our team wants to help you smile with confidence again, with results that can last for decades to come. To find out more about the process of replacing missing teeth with lifelike prosthetics, you can call Dr. Browne in Prairie Village, KS, at 913-901-8585.
