If you have suffered from missing teeth, then your jawbone could weaken and you could develop an aged appearance too. Our team can help address missing teeth with dental implants. In today’s blog, your Brooklyn, NY, periodontist and dental implant expert talks about restoring smiles with dental implants.
The Impact of Losing Natural Teeth
No matter your age, unexpected tooth loss could be a serious hazard for your oral health. When you lose a tooth, the body will respond by suspending the flow of essential nutrients to the area without the tooth root. This area then weakens and erodes, which can mean further tooth loss and an older appearance. Other problems linked to missing teeth include dental misalignment, TMJ disorder and bruxism (teeth grinding), issues eating, and even implications with your speech. Don’t let your smile weaken and erode, and don’t watch your youthful facial features disappear. With dental implants, we can not only fill the gap in your smile, but also provide an option that looks and functions like a natural tooth.
Planning Treatment
To begin, schedule an appointment with our team. We will talk to you about your oral hygiene habits, assess your medical and dental history, and then examine your smile with digital imaging technology. With these measurements and images, we can make a diagnosis with precision to assess the cause of your tooth loss. We may suggest treatments to handle underlying issues like periodontal disease to avoid implant failure, and our team could also make sure your smile can support new teeth, if not, we have procedures to strengthen it!
Preparing Your Smile
If we find your jaw has weakened and is unable to support new teeth, we could conduct a jawbone grafting for the lower jaw to strengthen it and provide new structure to support one or more dental implants. If your upper jaw is weak, we could offer a sinus lift, raising the sinus floor or uncover new structures that could support your new teeth. Our team will then plan the procedure in detail, so we can select the best angle, position, and depth to insert these new posts. Your dental implant posts are made from biocompatible titanium and act as new roots, bonding with the jawbone to allow your end tooth or teeth to last for decades to come, possibly a lifetime!
Placing Dental Implants
Our team will plan the process in detail and then guide it with the use of dental imaging technology, including CT imaging and digital x-rays. To ensure your placement is comfortable and calm, we will numb the area with a local anesthesia and also offer sedation to help you enter a deep state of calm and relaxation, with little to no memory of the procedure at all. We then insert the posts into the jaw, where they will eventually bound with the jaw so they can support a new tooth. For example, we will then attach an abutment to the post that extends above the gum line so we can connect a dental crown. The crown is custom-made for a lifelike appearance and the ability to support bite forces. We can also secure bridges for larger gaps in your smile. But what if you are missing most or all of your teeth?
All-On-Four
For more severe tooth loss, we could start the last few teeth and then insert four posts into each arch, all in the same visit. These can then support a complete row of new teeth, which we design and craft for a lifelike appearance and the ability to handle daily bite forces. We attach them in the same sitting, so you leave our office with a full smile. Known as All-On-Four, this can provide the complete smile you deserve and last for years to come, possibly decades or a lifetime.
Helping with the Healing Process
Our team could also discuss options like Platelet Rich Plasma to help facilitate a fast healing process, so you can return to your normal routine in a shorter time frame and enjoy results that are long-lasting!
If you have any questions about how we secure new teeth with dental implants, or if you want to see us now and use your remaining 2025 dental insurance benefits and health savings account funds before they expire at the end of the year. Let’s start a new year with a full smile!
Brooklyn Periodontics Treats Missing Teeth
We want to help you enjoy good oral health and a complete smile, which is why we are proud to offer dental implants. For more information on handling lost teeth, then please call Brooklyn Periodontics & Implantology in Brooklyn, NY at (718) 444-3800 today.
