Losing your natural teeth can lead to embarrassment and poor overall health. We can not only replace missing teeth with dental implants, but these new teeth can help prevent the loss of your facial structure too! In today’s blog, your Riverside Dental Group team talks about how dental implants keep smiles intact and last for years to come. A full smile, one that looks and functions like a natural one, is possible!
The Causes and Complications of Tooth Loss
When you lose natural teeth, this does more than just leave an open space in your smile. This could impact how you eat and how clearly you speak, and increase the risk of dental misalignment too. But the body will also stop sending doses of calcium and phosphorus to the jawbone around the lost root. Denied these essential nutrients, the jawbone begins to weaken and erode, which causes a prematurely aged appearance and further tooth loss, exacerbating the negative changes to your facial structure. But we can help prevent this with the placement of dental implants!
Placing and Restoring Dental Implants
Dental implants are small biocompatible titanium posts that we surgically insert into the jaw. This allows them to function like tooth roots, bonding with the jaw and in the process, preventing the loss of mass and density. The erosion of the jaw stops, and this keeps your facial structure intact and also allows your new teeth to last for decades to come, far longer than traditional bridges or removable dentures. We then attach a crown to complete an individual one, or we could use several posts to support more secure and longer-lasting bridges and dentures.
Keeping Your Smile Strong
Since the dental implants preserve your jawbone, you can maintain your youthful facial features and avoid a prematurely aged appearance. You can enjoy your favorite foods again and enjoy better nutritional intake too. You also avoid issues with speech and misalignment too. If you have any questions about how we address minor or severe tooth loss with our dental implants, or if you have missing teeth you want to see addressed, then contact our team today to learn more.
Riverside Dental Group Offers Implant Dentistry
A full smile that can last for decades to come is possible with our tooth replacement options! We want to help keep your smile strong and intact. To find out more about how we replace your lost teeth, then please call:
Riverside Dental Group at Magnolia in Riverside, CA at (951) 689-5031.
Dental Associates of Moreno Valley in Moreno Valley, CA at (951) 697-6800.
Riverside Dental Group at Woodcrest (951) 776-9001.
Oasis Family Dental in Temecula, CA at (951) 695-2290.
Dental Associates of Riverside in Riverside, CA at (951) 369-1001.
Dental Associates of Corona in Corona, CA at (951) 273-9580.
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