When you have lost a tooth, we could help with an individual dental implant. But what if you have more than one missing tooth? Well, in a situation like this, we can take on multiple missing teeth! In today’s blog, Brooklyn Periodontics and Implantology talks about dental implant bridges and dentures.
Dental Implants
First, let’s look at how dental implants address missing teeth and provide a solution to the gaps in your smile, even larger ones or total tooth loss! Each one is a small thin post made from biocompatible titanium, which we insert surgically to the jawbone. There, it acts like a new root and stimulates jawbone growth so your smile remains intact and you don’t risk further tooth loss. This also allows your new tooth/teeth the chance to last for decades to come, possibly a lifetime, with proper care and attention!
Bridges and Partials
If you have a gap of two to three missing teeth in a row, then we could insert one to two dental implants into the jaw and attach a bridge to them. This means no need to remove structure from other teeth to support your new ones, and that the implant posts can stimulate jawbone growth, so your new bridge lasts decades instead of just ten years. This will be fixed in place!
If you have several gaps in your smile, then we could create a partial denture that is again supported with multiple posts, so you can enjoy a fixed denture that never slips when you eat or drink, and last far longer than removable dentures.
All-On-Four
For people who have lost most or all of their natural teeth, we could extract the last few teeth and take images and impressions of your bite with advanced digital imaging technology. Next, we use this to plan the placement of four dental implant posts per arch. In the same visit, we will attach a complete row of new teeth to them, so you have an alternative to removable dentures that can last longer and function like natural teeth. You can eat your favorite foods again, smile and talk with confidence, and avoid the need for removing dentures to soak and clean them.
If you have any questions about how we take on multiple missing teeth with implant-secured bridges and dentures, then contact our team today. A full smile is always possible, and we want to help make it happen for our patients and their families!
Brooklyn Periodontics Discusses Implant Dentistry
We want to help treat more advanced cases of tooth loss with our durable and lifelike replacement teeth! For more details about treating a more severe case of tooth loss, then please call Brooklyn Periodontics & Implantology in Brooklyn, NY at (718) 444-3800 today.
