When you have lost a tooth, this gap could lead to embarrassment and serious issues with your smile. To help, we can offer an option with dental implants. In today’s blog, Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA, talks about how we solve the problem of tooth loss with lifelike and long-lasting dental implants.
The Causes of Your Missing Teeth
What causes a tooth to become lost? A number of factors could contribute to missing teeth for teens and adults. For example, if a cavity develops and is not addressed in a timely manner with a filling or crown, then a severe infection could develop and removal could be necessary to avoid infection reaching other teeth or moving into the jaw. You could lose a tooth to an injury as well. The most common cause is periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease. As part of your treatment process and tooth replacement, we will examine you to assess the cause of your tooth loss.
Planning Dental Implant Placement
We want to plan the process in detail. Once we identify the cause of your lost tooth, we may recommend treatment to manage the issue, controlling factors, like gum disease to prevent further tooth loss and implant failure. We also want to choose the best angle, position, and depth to insert your new tooth. To ensure the placement process is a comfortable experience, we can numb the area directly with a local anesthetic, and we can also offer a sedation option, such as nitrous oxide, oral conscious sedation, or IV sedation, to help you enter a deep state of calm, with little to no memory of the process at all!
Securing Your New Teeth
When we have planned the process in detail and properly sedate you, we will guide the new posts into place. They eventually bond with the jawbone, acting like new roots to prevent the gradual loss of jawbone structure that usually accompanies tooth loss. This means your new tooth can stay in place for decades to come, possibly a lifetime. In comparison, traditional bridges and removable dentures need replacement every ten years or so. We complete a new tooth with a custom crown, one that looks natural and offers our patients a durable chewing surface.
If you have any questions about how we treat tooth loss with one or more dental implants, or if you have gaps in your smile that need attention, then contact our team today to learn more.
Dental Impressions Provides Implant Dentistry
Our team wants to replace your missing tooth with an option that has the potential to last for decades. To schedule an appointment and secure new and lifelike replacement teeth, then call Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA today at (515) 965-0230.
