When you suffer from one or more missing teeth, then your smile may need a dental implant (or two). With this option, we can secure new teeth that look and function like natural ones! In today’s blog, your team at Brooklyn Periodontics and Implantology talks about when smiles need dental implants, and how we place them for our Brooklyn, NY, patients.
Why Missing Teeth Need Replacement
You can always replace missing teeth with traditional bridges or even removable dentures. While effective, these do nothing about your jawbone. Once you lose teeth, the body will take note and in response, stop sending doses of calcium and phosphorus to the jawbone around the missing teeth. Without these nutrients, the area weakens and erodes, which causes further tooth loss and even an older appearance. This is why bridges and removable dentures need replacement every few years.
But with this option, we can offer a post that is inserted into the jaw and acts like a new root, keeping the jawbone strong and ensuring your facial structures stay intact as well. Not only does your new tooth last, but this helps prevent further tooth loss. We can find out if your smile needs a dental implant!
Assessing Your Candidacy
First, we will examine your smile. If you have an underlying issue behind your tooth loss, such as periodontal disease, then we can manage it with periodontic treatment to control and prevent implant failure and further tooth loss. Our team will also assess your jawbone, making sure there is enough structure still left to support your new tooth roots. If not, we can offer support services to strengthen the upper and/or lower jaw, so you can support one or more posts that your smile needs!
All-On-Four
If you have lost most or all of your teeth, then your smile needs dental implants. With All-On-Four, we can insert as little as four posts per arch, and then in the same visit attach a full row of new teeth to them. This provides a secure and full smile that looks natural, one that never slips or requires removal for cleaning.
If you have any questions about what to do when your smile needs a dental implant, or if you want to start your tooth replacement journey today, then please reach out to our team today to learn more and get started. We want to help you smile without hesitation again!
Brooklyn Periodontics Offers A Full Smile
We want to help you enjoy a full smile by addressing tooth loss with one or more dental implants. For more information about replacing lost teeth, then please call Brooklyn Periodontics & Implantology in Brooklyn, NY at (718) 444-3800 today.
