When we see patients with one or more missing teeth, we want to help. With dental implants, we can offer new teeth that will look and function like natural ones. In fact, we can even support a full set of new teeth in only one visit! In today’s blog, your Brooklyn, NY, periodontist and dental implant expert talks about the dental implant placement process.
When You Need Dental Implants
Our team is proud to offer tooth replacement for people in our community suffering from tooth loss. With implant dentistry, we can secure new teeth that look and function much like natural ones, providing results that can last for decades to come with proper care and attention. When you lose teeth, whether this is one tooth or all of them, you need to seek tooth replacement. Otherwise, you can have issues with meal options, clear speech, and even your appearance, as your jaw can weaken to cause an older appearance. However, with dental implants, our team can provide new teeth that also help protect your mouthful appearance and the stability of your jaw!
Do You Qualify?
First, we will examine your smile to see if you qualify for dental implants. If you have lost teeth and years have elapsed since then, there is a chance that the loss of mass and density in your jaw means you don’t have enough natural structure there to support one or more dental implants. But that doesn’t mean you can’t receive these new teeth ever! Instead, we may need to strengthen these areas with surgical procedures such as grafting or a sinus lift.
Jawbone Grafting and Sinus Lift Procedures
For the lower jaw, we can conduct jawbone grafting to add new structures there and strengthen it, ensuring you can support dental implants. We can apply tissues taken from other parts of your body, such as the rear of your jaw, your hip, or even your knee bone. This bonds with the jaw and creates a base that can secure your new teeth in place. For the upper jaw, we will conduct a sinus lift that involves raising the sinus floor to uncover new structures that can better support the placement of these posts, so you can receive new teeth. Once inserted, these new teeth help keep the bone structure intact and prevent loss of mass and density, so your new smile can truly last.
Anesthesia and Sedation
For some, the idea of oral surgery can be a source of anxiety, and the idea of dental implant placement, which involves surgically inserting unique biocompatible titanium posts into the jaw that act like new tooth roots, is difficult to overcome. But we can take steps to ensure you are comfortable throughout the process! With a local anesthesia we can numb the area directly. We can also offer sedation, choosing nitrous oxide, oral conscious sedation, or IV sedation to help you enter a deep state of calm and relaxation, even if you have dental anxiety or special needs that could otherwise complicate your ability to undergo treatment.
Securing Your New Tooth Roots
Our team will use digital surgical guides to help ensure we insert your posts at the right angles, positions, and depths to support new teeth and encourage the flow of nutrients to the jaw that keeps the smile intact and allows your new teeth to last for years to come. We can use one for an individual missing tooth, or several to support a bridge or possibly a full set of new teeth.
Restoring Your New Tooth
For an individual post, we can attach a crown that completes the new tooth and offers a durable and lifelike structure. This means you can eat your favorite foods again and feel confident when you smile!
A New Smile in One Visit
If you have lost most or all of your teeth, then we could use four posts per arch to support a full row of new teeth. Known as All-On-Four, this can be completed in only one visit, so you leave our office with a full smile without the need for multiple visits or a period of wearing a temporary or waiting for your new teeth to be ready as the implant placement area heals.
If you have any questions about implant dentistry, then contact our team today!
Schedule an Appointment for Tooth Replacement with Brooklyn Periodontics
Our team wants to help you smile without hesitation and to enjoy better oral health with implant dentistry! For more information on the process of securing new teeth for your smile, please call Brooklyn Periodontics & Implantology in Brooklyn, NY at (718) 444-3800 today.
