Dental Implants

Tooth loss is an extremely common issue that millions of Americans suffer from on a yearly basis. As you grow older, various issues like natural wear and tear and dental disease weaken your teeth, which makes them more susceptible to tooth loss. You may also have to get tooth extractions done to deal with various issues. Dental implants are the best ways to replace these lost teeth.

Dental implants are metallic frameworks or posts that the dentist lodges into the jawbone just under the gums of the missing tooth. This metallic framework, usually made of titanium, acts as the tooth’s root and becomes a part of your body. The dentist then uses this framework or post to plant a dental crown or dental bridge. This is the most effective and stable means of permanent teeth replacement. Please continue reading for a detailed discussion of the best dental implants.

Advantages of Dental Implants

The best dental implants give you the following benefits and advantages.

Cosmetic Appearance: Dental implants become a part of the body because your jawbone naturally grows around the metallic framework. As such, the dental implant acts like your actual teeth. The dental crown that’s planted over the dental implant can be sculpted to look like the best version of your own teeth. So dental implants can help improve your overall cosmetic appearance.
Speech and Eating Enhancement: If you’re missing some teeth, you may have problems with speech. Dentures make the problem even worse because they can potentially slip out while speaking, which can be embarrassing. A tooth implant can improve your speech and there’s no risk of it slipping out so you can speak normally. The same goes for when you’re eating. You can chew your food properly and you don’t have to worry about them coming off like dentures.
Comfort: The best part about dental implants is that they become a part of your body since they’re lodged into your jawbone. So you don’t even feel them over time and there’s no risk of them coming off.
Your Original Teeth aren’t Altered: Most effective dental replacements require the dentist to alter your current teeth. For example, if you want a dental bridge, the dentist will have to shave the enamel off the surrounding teeth to fit them for dental crowns. If you go for dentures, the dentist won’t have to make changes but they’ll also be unstable. Dental implants are completely stable and none of your surrounding teeth have to be altered.
Convenience: The biggest issue with dentures is that you have to constantly take them off while sleeping or eating. You also have a special maintenance routine for your dentures. With dental implants, you simply have to take care of them the way you take care of your other teeth, i.e., follow your regular oral hygiene routine.

Who Can Get Dental Implants?

Anyone can get dental implants, as long as you’re healthy enough and can get a dental extraction and affordable oral surgery as well. The only requirement for dental implants is that you should have healthy gums and enough bone structure under the gums of the missing tooth.

When you lose your teeth, the bone structure also starts wearing away gradually. Over an extended period, you may not have enough bone to support dental implants. In that case, you may have to opt for a bone graft surgery to facilitate bone regeneration before you can get dental implants.

Dental implants may also be ill-advised for people who suffer from heart disease, diabetes, or those who have undergone radiation therapy. However, you should discuss this with your dentist and follow their recommendations.

Types of Best Teeth Implants

American Dental Association defines the two types of best teeth implants as the following.

Endosteal Implants: These are surgically planted into the jawbone, and then a post is attached to the implant, and finally the artificial dental crown or bridge is attached to the post.
Subperiosteal Implants: The metallic post is directly attached to the jawbone under the gums of the missing tooth and the dental crown is attached over it.

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How do Dental Implants Work?

The following steps take you through the entire dental implants procedure so you understand how they work.

The best dental implants dentist will examine your teeth and study your conditions to determine the correct treatment plan for your needs.
The dentist will attach a small titanium post, which serves as the tooth root, into the jawbone of the missing tooth. Over a period of 6 to 12 weeks, the jawbone will heal around the titanium post so that the post becomes an anchored part of your body.
In the next session with the dental implants dentist, they’ll connect another connector post to the titanium root.
The dentist will take an accurate impression of your bite alignment, teeth size, and teeth shade in order to design the perfect set of dental crowns for you. The dental crowns will be prepared in around two weeks. Until then, the dentist may attach a temporary crown over the dental implant.
Once the dental crown or bridge is constructed, the dentist will attach it to the connector post and then make some final adjustments. The end result will look exactly like your real set of teeth.

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Best Affordable Dental Implants

At Woodshore Family Dentistry, we make sure that you’re suitable for dental implants. If you’re not suitable, we perform a bone graft procedure or another such procedure that can prepare you for dental implants. We also take exact measurements and impressions of your teeth so we can prepare dental crowns and replacement teeth that look just like your actual teeth. For more information, please schedule your appointment with the best dental implant dentist.