Losing your teeth is a serious issue and one that can threaten your oral health, quality of life, and even your appearance! To offer a solution that can last for decades to come, and one that looks natural, we can turn to implant dentistry. In today’s blog, your team at Balboa Dental Surgery talks about replacing missing teeth for our New Beach, CA, patients!
The Lack of Natural Teeth
Even losing only one tooth could be a serious issue for your smile. When we lose a tooth, the nearby ones may shift, which creates misalignment. Poor alignment not only threatens your oral health, but alters the appearance of your smile. Losing your teeth could strain your jaw joints, leaving you at risk for TMJ disorder and bruxism (chronic teeth grinding). Without a tooth root the body will suspend the flow of essential nutrients to the area, leading to further tooth loss. But we can help, and offer an option that will last (and look) like a natural tooth.
Securing Your Dental Implants
Our team will first carefully examine your smile with advanced digital imaging technology, so we can choose the best area to insert the new implant post. We want to ensure the perfect position, depth, and angle to support a new tooth and stimulate jawbone growth to keep your bite intact. We then guide the new root into place with digital imaging systems. Once in place, this will be secured like natural a root and has the potential to last for decades to come, maybe even a lifetime. For an individual one, we then comet the tooth by attaching an abutment and during a crown, one designed to look natural and offer a durable chewing surface too.
A Look at All-On-Four
Our team can address more than just a single tooth. If you have a more severe case of tooth loss, then we could use multiple dental implants to support a bridge. If you have lost most or all of your teeth, we could extract the last few from your smile and then insert as little as four dental implants per arch. In the same visit, we can attach a complete row of new and lifelike teeth, so you leave our office with a full smile!
If you have any questions about how treat tooth loss with dental implants, and how you can help ensure they truly last, then contact our team today.
Talk To Balboa Dental Surgery About Addressing Missing Teeth
Our team wants to help fill the gaps in your smile with an option that looks and functions like natural teeth. To learn more about replacing your missing teeth, or to schedule your appointment, contact your Newport Beach, CA oral surgeon at (949) 630-0143!
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