If you have lost natural teeth, we can help! With everything from bridges to dental implants, we can fill in the gaps and offer a complete smile, with results that look natural. In today’s blog, Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA, talks about replacing missing teeth and providing a complete smile again!
The Risks of Losing Teeth
When you lose natural teeth, this could cause embarrassment with your appearance, lead to misalignment, and even impact how you eat and speak. Your jawbone could erode with time too, creating further tooth loss and an older appearance. But we can help restore your smile and prevent these complications with a custom dental prosthetic.
Dental Bridges
If you have lost one tooth or as many as three in a row, we could create and place a dental bridge. The ceramic prosthetic will contain new teeth with crowns attached to each end. We connect the crown portion to the abutment teeth on each side of the gap. This secures the new teeth firmly in place for years to come! We will custom-make this prosthetic and color-match it to ensure a durable chewing surface and a lifelike appearance.
Partial Dentures
What if you have multiple gaps spread across your teeth? This is too severe for a bridge to address, but you may have enough natural teeth in place that a full denture is not needed either. A partial offers a way to fill all of these gaps at con with a single prosthetic. The partial contains new ceramic teeth set in a base that looks like gum tissue. There will be clasps that attach to natural teeth and keep your new teeth firmly in place when worn. This is removable and we will explain how to soak and clean them.
Dental Implants
For the most durable and lifelike option, we could insert dental implants. These essentially act as new roots to keep the jawbone intact and prevent loss of mass and density. They support new teeth or even bridges or dentures, which will be fixed in place and last far longer than traditional bridges or removable dentures. They could last decades, possibly even a lifetime!
If you have any questions about how we address minor or severe tooth loss, or if you have lost a tooth, then we could help with a custom and lifelike dental prosthetic. You deserve a full, healthy, and beautiful smile and we want to help with our custom bridges and dentures.
Dental Impressions Provides A Full Smile Again
We want to help you address the gaps caused by lost teeth. To schedule an appointment for replacing missing teeth, then call Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA today at (515) 965-0230.
