THERE’S STILL HOPE WHEN ALL IS LOST Keeping your own teeth is the best. Try as we do we can simulate but not totally recreate what evolution has given you. Your teeth come in handy if you like eating and having a pleasing appearance. You lead with your smile. lost teeth lead to a collapse of your bite, effecting how you eat and also how you look.
There are still other options like a removable denture but these are plastic teeth that you place in your mouth in the morning and take out at night and move around while eating. The standard dental bridge, somewhat like the George Washington Bridge, is connected to the two adjacent teeth. We generally prefer not to do these anymore since you are involving adjacent teeth which generally are happy to be left alone. Another problem is that now the teeth are connected together making flossing more challenging. Implants are the last option to save a missing tooth in a way that will make you function and feel as if you did not lose it. Sometimes this is a solution worth implementing. Here a piece of titanium which is shaped like your tooth’s original root is placed into your jaw. Over several months it becomes attached to the bone in your jaw and subsequently we restore it with a crown which resembles and functions like your own original tooth. We have been doing these
In life, things happen. Decay and trauma occurs. Sometimes a tooth reaches a point where it is not salvageable. In that situation we can bring your tooth somewhat back to life by doing a dental implant. What is a dental implant? It is a small piece of titanium that looks like the root of your tooth which we place into your upper or lower jaw. After residing there for a time, it cements to your jaw forming a platform upon which we can create a dental crown that resembles and functions like your original tooth. You always have the option of not replacing the tooth but if it is in the front of your mouth, esthetically this could be a no go. The problem of not replacing missing teeth is that it causes your other remaining teeth to carry additional loads while eating. Too many
procedures for the past decade right here in the office, so there is no need to venture out to have the procedure performed somewhere else. Maybe you or one of your friends, relatives or coworkers is in search of the missing tooth. If you hear about it, tell them to give us a call. You might become their hero.
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