When you have lost a tooth, don’t resign yourself to a smile with a gap. With dental implants, we can offer a lifelike and high-quality solution to tooth loss, whether you have one or several missing teeth. In today’s blog, your Santa Monica, CA, dentist talks about how we support new smiles with dental implants.
When to Seek Tooth Replacement
As we touched on above, when you lose a tooth, we want you to contact our team right away. Even minor tooth loss can mean major problems for your smile. For example, the gap could cause feelings of embarrassment and even allow nearby teeth to drift from position, which causes misalignment and with it, a higher risk of tooth decay and gum disease. The changes to your bite balance could strain your jaw joints and lead to issues like TMJ disorder and bruxism (teeth grinding). Your body will also stop supplying the jaw around the missing root with doses of calcium and phosphorus, which leads to a breakdown linked to further tooth loss and an aged appearance. But we can help with implant dentistry!
Planning Your Dental Implant Placement
To begin, our team will conduct a diagnosis to assess the cause and severity of your tooth loss. We also want to analyze the strength of your jawbone, ensuring your smile can support one or more dental implants. The images we take of your smile allow us to plan the position, angle, and depth to insert the implants, posts made from biocompatible titanium. These act as new roots and the body recognizes them as such, stimulating the growth of jawbone structure to safeguard the smile.
Restoring Your New Tooth
Once your new root is in place and the area heals, we will connect an abutment to the post that extends above the gum line. Our team then completes the new tooth by connecting a crown, a restoration custom-made to blend with the smile and offer a durable chewing surface too. If you have more than one missing tooth, we could use multiple post to support a bridge or possibly even a full set of dentures. You don’t have to live with tooth loss, we can help you smile with confidence for years to come.
If you have any questions about how we support dental implants to address tooth loss and preserve the smile, then contact our team today to learn more. We want to help you smile with confidence and enjoy results that can last decades, possibly even a lifetime with proper care and attention.
Schedule Your Next Dental Implant Visit Soon
You can call Santa Monica Dental Arts in California at 310-395-1261 to schedule an appointment to start the process of treating your minor or advanced tooth loss.
