Losing your teeth not only leaves a gap in your smile, but could lead to weakened jawbone structure and eventually, make your smile unable to support dental implants. But our team can strengthen the smile and ensure you can enjoy new teeth. In today’s blog, your Brooklyn, NY, periodontist and implant expert talks about support services like jawbone grafting and sinus lifts, so you can enjoy a full smile again!
The Weakening of Your Jaw Following Tooth Loss
How does the loss of your teeth lead to a weakened jaw, one that may support dental implants? When you lose a tooth, the body will stop sending doses of calcium and phosphorus to the area around the missing root. Without these, the area weakens and loses mass and density. Over time, this leads to further tooth loss and for some, a prematurely aged appearance. This also means your bite simply doesn’t have enough structure to support one or more dental implants. But with our support services, we can strengthen your jaw and make it implant-ready.
Grafting and Sinus Lifts
For the lower jaw, we could conduct a ridge augmentation, also known as a grafting procedure. With this option, we will add new material to the lower portion to strengthen it and make it able to support new tooth roots. We could take bone from other parts of your own body, such as the rear of the jaw, the hip, or the knee, or we could use synthetic sources. For the upper portion, we could conduct a sinus lift, raising the sinus floor to provide new structure that can support one or more dental implants. Our team will plan and guide these treatments with advanced digital technology, and our use of anesthesia and sedation ensures a comfortable and positive treatment experience.
Socket Preservation
If one or more teeth must be extracted from your smile, then we don’t want the area to erode or weaken in between tooth extraction and the placement of dental implants. To prevent this, we could offer ridge preservation, a special grafting treatment that strengthens and preserves the area where the tooth once sat, so it is ready to receive a dental implant when the time is right. If you have any questions about how we rebuild and strengthen the smile to receive dental implants, then contact our team today to learn more.
Schedule An Appointment for Support Services
Our team wants to help ensure your smile is ready for the placement of new teeth, so you can obtain a full smile, one that looks lifelike and ready to stay strong and durable for decades to come. To learn more about strengthening your smile, contact your Brooklyn, NY, periodontists today at (718) 444-3800.
