For tooth replacement that will look and function like natural teeth, we can provide dental implants. These can address a single missing tooth or even support a complete set of dentures that are fixed in place. In today’s blog, your Ankeny, IA, dentist talks about replacing what you have lost with implant dentistry.
The Causes of Your Tooth Loss
How do we lose natural teeth? We could suffer from tooth loss due to untreated cavities or infection, or a tooth could be extracted to prevent the spread of infection due to severe injury or infection. You could lose a tooth to injury, or in most cases, as a result of periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease. When teeth are lost, this impacts how you eat and speak, and could alter your smile’s appearance. But the body will also stop sending essential nutrients to the jawbone around the missing roots. Without them, the jawbone breaks down and erodes, which leads to additional missing teeth and a prematurely aged appearance. But with dental implants, we can fill the gaps and also keep your smile intact!
Helping Your Smile with Dental Implants
To begin, we will examine your smile to assess the cause and severity of your tooth loss. We can offer treatment to manage issues like periodontal disease to help prevent implant failure and safeguard any remaining natural teeth. We will also choose the best angle, position, and depth to insert your new dental implants. The implant portion is a biocompatible titanium post that acts like a new tooth root, allowing the body to resume the flow of nutrients to the jawbone and keep it strong, so you don’t lose any other teeth and your new teeth have the potential to last for decades or even a lifetime.
The Process of Placing and Restoring New Teeth
Once we have planned the process in detail and offer anesthesia and sedation to ensure you are comfortable, we will guide the posts into the jaw at the right angles and positions to ensure they can support new teeth and stimulate the jawbone growth. Once in place, we can attach an abutment that connects a crown to complete the tooth. If you have multiple implants inserted, we could attach a bridge or even a full set of dentures, so you can smile with confidence again.
If you have any questions about how we secure new teeth with our dental implants, then contact our office today to learn more. You should feel confident in your smile and we can help!
Dental Impressions Provides Implant Dentistry
Our team wants to help you enjoy a complete smile by addressing the gaps in your smile! To schedule an appointment for supporting new and lifelike replacement teeth, then call Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA today at (515) 965-0230.
