Dental implants offer tooth replacement that will look and function like natural teeth, securing replacement that can last for decades to come in many cases! But what does the placement process involve, and how do we prepare your smile? In today’s blog, your Brooklyn, NY, periodontist and implant expert explains how we prep your smile to receive dental implants!
Taking on Your Tooth Loss
When should you make an appointment with our team? When you lose a tooth, we want to see you right away for treatment. Otherwise, you could develop further complications, such as a weaker jaw, misalignment, TMJ disorder and bruxism (teeth grinding), and even issues eating or speaking clearly. We can start treatment the moment you lose a tooth, or even if you have lost teeth and years have elapsed since then, we can discuss possible replacement. Dental implants can handle minor tooth loss or even cases in which you are missing most or all of your teeth. A complete smile is possible!
Planning Treatment
To begin, we will examine your smile to understand the cause and extent of your tooth loss. We gather detailed digital x-rays and CT images, so we can assess the strength of your jawbone and also choose the best positions, angles, and depths to insert your new roots. Our team can decide if you benefit from same-day placement too, in which we complete the entire process in one appointment so you leave with a complete smile. Our team can secure an individual dental implant, or use several of them to support a bridge or even a complete set of dentures.
Preparing Your Smile
If we find that your jaw is unable to support one or more dental implant posts, then we can strengthen it. For the lower portion, we will use jawbone grafting to add new structure and ensure your smile can handle one or more of these new tooth roots. For the upper jaw, we could conduct a sinus lift. But we also have options like All-On-Four, which can support a new set of teeth with only four specially placed posts, even on weakened jaws.
If you have any questions about how we plan and prepare smiles for the placement of dental implants, or if you have tooth loss you want to address with a replacement option that looks and functions like natural teeth, then contact our team today.
Schedule a Tooth Replacement Visit with the Team at Brooklyn Periodontics
A new smile is possible, and often in only one visit with implant dentistry! To find out more about your options for replacing your missing teeth or to schedule a consultation, please call Brooklyn Periodontics & Implantology in Brooklyn, NY at (718) 444-3800 today.
