Losing your teeth means trouble for your appearance and even the strength and stability of your jaw. This could lead to more than gaps in your smile, such as a prematurely older appearance. With dental implants, your Prairie Village, KS, dentist offers new and lifelike replacement teeth with dental implants.
The Causes of Missing Teeth
Adults could lose their teeth to advanced tooth decay or infection, as these teeth could require extraction to prevent the spread of infection to other parts of the body. An injury could be a source of tooth loss too. The most common factor behind your missing teeth is usually periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease. When we examine your smile, we will assess the cause and severity of your tooth loss, so we can plan the placement of dental implants to restore your smile and prevent issues that weaken it!
How Losing Teeth Weakens Your Jaw
What happens to your jaw when you lose natural teeth? Once your body registers the loss of your tooth’s root, it will respond by stopping the flow of essential nutrients to the area around the lost root. Deprived of calcium and phosphorus, the jawbone will weaken and erode. This causes further tooth loss and eventually, could lead to an older appearance. But dental implants, made from biocompatible titanium and inserted surgically into the jaw, act like new roots. This allows the flow of nutrients to resume and keeps your smile strong and intact, so you avoid missing teeth and the loss of your youthful facial features!
Securing New Teeth With Dental Implants
Our team will begin by carefully examining your smile. We may need to manage issues like gum disease to protect the implants from failure. We will choose the best angle, position, and depth in your jaw to insert the new post or posts, and then guide them into place with digital surgical guides. Once your new roots are inserted into your jaw, we will wait for the placement area to heal and then connect an abutment and crown to complete the tooth. The custom crown ensures a lifelike appearance in your smile. We can also discuss using several implant posts to support a bridge or even a full set of dentures!
If you have any questions about how we tackle tooth loss and keep your smile full and beautiful with dental implants, then contact our team today.
Call Dr. Robert Browne, D.D.S. for Implant Dentistry
Our team wants to help you treat missing teeth and ensure you enjoy results that can last for decades to come! To find out more about addressing missing teeth or to schedule an appointment, please call Dr. Robert M. Browne, D.D.S. in Prairie Village, KS at (913) 901-8585.
