Benefits of Dental Implants
If
you are missing one or more teeth, chances are you are missing a lot
more.
Denture wearers chew at 15 to 20 percent of the efficiency of people
with teeth. Dental implants will restore lost chewing efficiency to
allow you to enjoy your favorite foods without becoming self-conscious.
You may be missing out on a nice smile, or the ability to enjoy a crisp
apple, or even a tender steak. Remember when you weren’t self-conscious
about speaking or eating in public?
The crown is the visible part of a tooth. If you lose the root, you
lose the unseen and the most important part of your tooth. The root
anchors the tooth to the jawbone providing support for the crown. Without
the root, the jaw bone will gradually recede. This will magnify the
space created when a tooth is lost or removed. For those who have lost
many teeth or even an entire arch, the long term problems are even greater
because the bone shrinks after tooth loss, dentures will lack support
and feel loose. Loose fitting dentures compound the problem because
they move during chewing, making the gums sore and cause additional
pain.
Our Los Angeles dental implant expert can stop the problems of tooth loss with dental implants.
Dental implants will support the jaw bones and prevent the shrinkage seen when teeth are not replaced. By preserving bone, most implant patients can expect life long replacement of their teeth.
Utilizing dental implants means that we can preserve teeth adjacent to spaces and not need to modify them with fillings or crowns. In addition it is easier to care for dental implants because they can be placed as individual teeth so they can be easily flossed and brushed, unlike a traditional fixed bridge.
Our Sherman Oaks implant dentist can use dental implants to replace a single tooth, several teeth, or an entire full upper or lower jaw.