When you have missing teeth, this could leave behind gaps in your smile that lead to issues with your quality of life and even the stability of your jaw and facial structure! But we can help by placing dental implants. In today’s blog, your Brooklyn, NY, periodontist and implant expert talks about how we prep your smiles for dental implants!
When to Seek Tooth Replacement
You should talk to our team even if you have only one missing tooth. When we lose teeth, this leads to a cascade of serious complications for our smiles and oral health. Misalignment could occur due to the gaps allowing teeth to shift, there could be complications with how we eat and even how clearly we speak. The body will stop sending key nutrients to the jawbone around the missing roots and without them, the jawbone gradually weakens and breaks down. This leads to further tooth loss and even an aged appearance. But with dental implants, we can help prevent these issues, but first we have to ensure your smile is ready.
Examining Your Smile
To get started, we will take detailed images of your smile, including digital x-rays images to ensure your jawbone can support new tooth roots, and to choose the best angles, positions, and depths to insert them. Our team also wants to assess the risk posed by periodontal disease, so we can manage the disease if necessary to keep your new teeth firmly in place, and protect any remaining natural teeth too.
Support Services
What if we find your jawbone has weakened to the point it can no longer support new roots? With support services like jawbone grafting and sinus lifts, we can help strengthen the jaw to make it implant ready! With the grafting procedure, we strengthen the lower jaw by adding new tissues to it, either from other parts of your body or from synthetic sources. For the upper jaw, we conduct a sinus lift to raise the sinus floor and provide structures to support dental implants.
PRP
Our team also wants to ensure you enjoy a fast-healing time, so you can return to your normal routine with a full smile. With Platelet Rich Plasma, we can inject a unique autoplasm into the jaw that heals the bone and gum tissues heal much faster following dental implant placement. If you have any questions about receiving new teeth, please contact our team today to learn more.
Enjoy a Full Smile Again with Your Brooklyn, NY, Periodontist
We want to help you smile with confidence again and enjoy your best possible smile with dental implants. To schedule an appointment and obtain a complete smile once again, contact your Brooklyn, NY, periodontist by calling (718) 444-3800.
