Dentures can allow our team to take on total tooth loss, or cases in which you have lost most of your natural teeth. For a set of new teeth that will look and function like natural ones, and last for a longer time, we could support them with dental implants. In today’s blog, your Shrewsbury, MA, dentist talks about our implant-supported dental implants.
The Impact of Major Tooth Loss
How does losing so many of your natural teeth impact your smile and daily life? With advanced tooth loss, often the result of gum disease, you could be limited in your meal options. You not only lose out on your favorite foods, but also key nutrients. Clear speech is often difficult and you may feel embarrassed in social situations, so you avoid them and your quality of life suffers. You could also develop an older appearance, as the body will stop sending doses of key nutrients to the jaw around the lost roots. Without them, the jaw erodes and the risk of sunken cheeks, ptotic chins, and other signs of aging become more likely. But we can replace missing teeth and help keep your smile intact with our dental implant dentures.
Securing Your Dental Implants
Our team will carefully examine your smile with digital x-rays and intraoral cameras, so we can choose the best angles, positions, and depths to insert your dental implants. We will extract any remaining teeth as well. The dental implants act as new roots, and are inserted surgically into the jaw. There could be as many as six to eight per arch, or as few as four. The body recognizes these as new roots and the floss of nutrients will resume, which helps keep your smile and youthful facial features intact, and ensures your new teeth can stay in place for decades or possibly a lifetime.
Attaching Your Custom Dentures
Once your new roots are in place, we can attach your denture. In some cases, we may be able to do so in the same sitting. The dentures will contain a complete row of new ceramic teeth that will look natural and be able to handle daily bite forces and pressures. We attach these to the post with abutments, and you have a full smile again. You don’t have to remove these for cleaning, and they never slip when you eat or drink either. Instead, they look and function like natural teeth!
Schedule a Visit to Obtain a Full Smile Again
The team at Modern Dentistry of Shrewsbury in MA are ready to offer a solution for your tooth loss so you can smile with confidence again. To schedule an appointment with us, call our office today at 508-842-8838.
