If you have missing teeth, then we could offer a replacement that not only looks good, but preserves your jawbone and offers decades of tooth replacement. Our team can explain how we plan and place dental implants, so you can smile with confidence. In today’s blog, your Virginia Beach, VA, dentist talks about the dental implant placement process!
Don’t Ignore Your Missing Teeth
When you lose even one tooth, we urge you to contact us for treatment. Ignoring the issue could not only leave behind an embarrassing gap, but also increase the risk of further tooth loss. The body stops sending certain nutrients to the jaw around the missing roots once it registers a lost tooth. Without these nutrients, the bone tissues begin to break down and this could mean further tooth loss and jaw shrinkage, making you look much older. Tooth loss is also linked to misalignment, TMJ disorder, bruxism, and issues eating and speaking. But with dental implants, we can place a prosthetic that looks natural and preserves these structures, preserving your jaw and your youthful facial features.
Starting the Implant Placement Process
To begin, our team will take detailed images of your smile from multiple angles, so we can access the strength of your jawbone and choose the best placement angle and position for your new roots. We also want to identify and manage any underlying oral health issues that could threaten your new tooth. Using digital technology, our team will guide the biocompatible titanium implant posts into the jaw, where they act as new roots and stimulate the growth of jawbone structure. This helps ensure your new roots can stay in place for decades to come, possibly a lifetime!
Restoring Your New Teeth
When the placement area heals, we will connect an abutment to the post that provides structure for us to connect a crown that looks natural and blends with the smile, improving beauty and function to your smile. If you’re receiving implant dentures, we could use the All-On-Four system, which enables us to place the posts and attach a denture in the same visit, so you leave with a full smile. Your implant dentures can stay in place and never slip, and you don’t have to remove them for regular maintenance either.
If you have any questions about how we treat or prevent tooth loss, or about restoring function, beauty, and health to your smile with dental implants, then contact our team today to learn more. Everyone deserves a full smile and we’re ready to help!
Talk to Our Team About Dental Implants
To learn more about how we place new and lifelike dental implants, give us a call at Absolute Dental Care in Virginia Beach, VA at (757) 428-7440 to schedule an appointment.
