Sometimes, various factors such as major tooth loss or a lengthy amount of time between losing teeth and seeing us can complicate placement. To help prepare smiles for dental implants, we can provide support services. In today’s blog, your Brookyln, NY, periodontist and dental implant expert talks about grafting, socket preservation, and more.
The Impact of Tooth Loss
When you suffer from tooth loss, this means the area around the missing roots will regularly weaken and erode as the body stops sending doses of calcium and phosphorus there. You could eventually develop further tooth loss and an aged appearance, which could mean there is no longer enough structure to support one or more dental implants, limiting your ability to handle the gaps in your smile. To restore function, health, and beauty to your smile with dental implants, we can further prepare the area and ensure your smile can support these new teeth!
Jawbone Grafting
If you lose teeth on the lower jaw and the area weakens, then we could conduct a grafting procedure. We will take bone from other parts of your smile, such as the rear of your jaw, your knee, or your hip, or from donor or synthetic structures, and apply it to the weakened portions. This bonds with the jaw and provides new structures that can support dental implants. Once we insert these new tooth roots, this helps fortify and strengthen the area further, so you can enjoy new teeth that last decades and a smile that remains youthful and intact.
Sinus Lifts
What about the upper jaw? If you lose teeth in the upper portion of your smile, we could conduct a procedure known as a sinus lift. Essentially, we will raise the sinus floor slightly to uncover new structures that can support your dental implants, so you can enjoy tooth replacement that looks natural and lasts for many years to come.
Ridge/Socket Preservation
If a tooth must be treated, we want to keep the jawbone from weakening. With ridge/socket preservation, we can apply special medications to the area to keep the tooth socket intact once we remove it, so we can eventually use this to support a dental implant and address your missing tooth.
If you have any questions about implant dentistry, or about how we help with support services like grafting or ridge preservation, then reach out to our team today to learn more. We want to help you enjoy a full smile again, once that looks natural and really lasts.
Brooklyn Periodontics Prepares Your Smile for Implant Dentistry
We want to help ensure your new teeth last for years to come and offer a natural-looking appearance. For more details about treating your tooth loss, then please call Brooklyn Periodontics & Implantology in Brooklyn, NY at (718) 444-3800 today.
