When you have missing teeth, this can cause a breakdown in your jaw and impact multiple facets of your daily life. But to replace missing teeth and also protect your jaw and facial structure, we can offer dental implants. Our oral surgery and dental implant clinics in Berks County, PA, explain how dental implants can last for so long and how we secure them.
Your New Tooth Roots
What makes dental implants last so long is the fact that they act as new tooth roots. When we lose teeth, the body stops supplying the surrounding jawbone with doses of calcium and phosphates, so the jawbone breaks down. This leads to further tooth loss and changes in the jaw ridge, so your dental prosthetic needs replacement every few ears. But with a biocompatible titanium implant post, we can insert what the body will accept as a new root. The flow of nutrients resumes, and the jaw stays intact, so your new teeth have the potential to last decades or possibly a lifetime!
Creating Restorations and Prosthetics
Now that you know how we support new teeth, what about the part people will see when you smile? For an individual one, our team will insert a post and attach an abutment to it, so we can connect a custom-made crown. The crown is designed to look natural and blend with the smile, and also offer a durable chewing surface too. If you have advanced tooth loss, then our team could create bridges or even a full set of dentures that will be supported with multiple posts. These last longer than traditional options, and never slip when you eat or speak!
New Teeth Today®
With the New Teeth Today® system, we can offer our patients a chance at a complete smile in only one visit! We extract whatever teeth remain and then insert dental implants at specific angles and depths to support a new set of teeth. We then affix these to the implant posts in the same visit. You leave with a full set of teeth, no need to wait in between placing the posts and attaching the dentures for the area to heal. If you have any questions about how we extract tooth loss and safeguard your issue, then contact our team today to learn more. We’re ready to help you smile with confidence and enjoy your favorite foods again!
WE OFFER FULL SMILES FOR PATIENTS IN WYOMISSING, EXETER, HAMBURG, AND EPHRATA!
We have options to help you enjoy a complete smile again. For more information on how we address tooth loss in one visit, give us a call at Berks Oral Surgery in Berks County, PA at (610) 374-4093 today!