If you lose enough natural teeth that a bridge or a partial denture won’t be enough, there is still good news. With a full denture, whether removable or implant-supported, we can help you smile with confidence. In today’s blog, your Ankeny, IA, dentist talks about our full dentures. Even if you have suffered from major tooth loss, we can help restore function, health, and beauty to your smile with a full set of new and natural-looking teeth!
The Causes (and Impacts) of Total Tooth Loss
How do we lose most or possibly all of our natural teeth? This could be due to a severe injury, or even as a result of major tooth decay and infection spreading throughout your smile. The most common factor is usually periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease. As we lose teeth, this weakens and erodes the jaw, so the remaining natural teeth lose support and the result is further tooth loss. Without treatment, this could limit your meal options and deprive you of essential nutrients, and you could have issues with clear speech. Your missing teeth could lead to an older appearance and even the onset of complications like misalignment, TMJ disorder, and bruxism (teeth grinding). But we can help restore your smile with a full set of prosthetics!
Creating Your Complete Prosthetic
To begin, our team will take a close look at your smile. We will need to gently extract the last few teeth, and then we will take detailed images and impressions of your bite, which we use in a dental lab setting to design and craft your new teeth. Your denture will contain a complete row of new teeth set in an acrylic base. The new teeth will be shaded to look natural and they can handle daily bite forces and pressures. The base will be designed to mimic the appearance of gum tissue.
For a removable prosthetics, suction or an adhesive will keep them in place, as they can last about 5 to 10 years on average. But there are also implant dentures!
Support with Dental Implants
With dental implant dentures, our team will insert posts into the jaw that act like new roots. These stimulate jawbone growth to keep it intact, so your new teeth can also remain in place for decades to come, possibly a lifetime! If you have any questions about how we take on severe tooth loss with a removable or an implant-supported set of prosthetics, then reach out to us soon. We can help you obtain a complete smile in 2026.
Dental Impressions Provides a Full Smile
We would like to help you enjoy a full smile, even if you have lost most or all of your natural teeth. A full smile is possible, so talk to our team today to get started. To schedule an appointment for a tooth loss solution, then call Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA today at (515) 965-0230.
