Do you have missing teeth? We can offer tooth replacement that addresses minor tooth loss and even cases of total tooth loss, known as edentulism. With dental implants, we can secure options that look and function like natural teeth. In today’s blog, your Santa Rosa, CA, oral and maxillofacial surgeons talk about tooth replacement with dental implants.
The Impact of Missing Teeth
You should see our team for tooth replacement, whether you lose one tooth or all of them. When we lose our natural teeth, this could impact how we eat and deprive us of essential nutrients in our daily meals. There could be issues speaking clearly, and we may avoid social interactions due to embarrassment. Your jawbone could weaken as the body stops supplying the jawbone with doses of calcium and phosphorus, allowing the bone structure to weaken and leading to further tooth loss or a prematurely aged appearance. As you can see, tooth loss impacts multiple fates of your daily life and overall health. But we can secure new options that look and function like natural teeth using dental implants.
The Placement Process
What makes dental implants so long-lasting and secure? Well, we support them with a biocompatible titanium post that acts as a new root. Our team will examine the smile and plan the placement process with advanced digital imagery. We choose the best depths, positions, and angles to insert these new roots. Once in place, the body will accept them as natural roots and bond with them, a process known as osseointegration. You have a new tooth or possible teeth that will function like natural ones, which means they can last for decades to come, possibly a lifetime, with proper care and attention.
Individual Dental Implants
If you have an individual missing tooth, then we will plan the replacement process and insert a single post into the jaw. We may wait for the area to heal, although we can comet the tooth in one visit in some cases. We will attach an abutment to the post that extends above the gum line. Once in place, we can attach a crown to it. The crown is the part of your new tooth that people see when you smile. The restoration will be shaded to look natural and blend with your smile. This can also handle daily bite forces and pressures, so you can eat your favorite foods again. If you have a larger gap, we could insert one to two implants and then attach a bridge that will last longer than a traditional one, so you can smile with confidence for years to come.
All-On-Four
What if you are missing most or all of your teeth? We will examine your smile and see if you have remaining teeth that need to be treated to make room for your dentures. We then gently extract them and take detailed digital images and measurements of your smile from multiple angles. We then plan placement, and could use as few as four dental implant posts per arch. Once we insert these, we will attach the final denture or a temporary that we will swap for the final one down the road. Regardless, you can potentially leave our office after one visit with a full smile. You can take steps to protect your new smile so it can last for decades or even a lifetime. You deserve a full simple, and even if years have elapsed since you lost your teeth, we can help. If your jawbone has weakened beyond the ability to place dental implants, we can strengthen the jaw with procedures like jawbone grafting or even sinus lifts procedures.
If you have any questions about how our team will handle minor or advanced tooth loss with dental implants, or if you want to start care now and use your remaining 2024 dental insurance benefits or health savings account funds before they expire, then contact our team today to get started. We want to help you greet 2025 with a full and stunning new smile!
Talk to Our Team About Implant Dentistry in Santa Rosa, CA
Our team wants to help you smile with confidence again, addressing minor or advanced tooth loss with implant dentistry. Dental implants mean you have new teeth that will look and function like natural ones. To learn more about how we replace your missing teeth, then give us a call at Santa Rosa Oral Surgery at (707)545-4625 today! A full smile is always possible and we want to help make it a reality.
