Dental Implants – Making Your Smile Better
There are various reasons why you may have lost your teeth, such as tooth decay, root canal infection, oral trauma, gum disease, extreme wear and tear on your teeth, and in some cases, just birth defects. Loosing a tooth can make you very self conscious and can also negatively affect your eating habits, resulting in malnutrition.
Do you want to make your mouth look better? Do you have teeth that are decaying? If you have answered yes to the above two questions, then it is time for you to visit a professional. It does not matter if you are young or old or in the middle. If you need to replace just one or all of the teeth in your mouth, then you need dental implants.
Dental implants work for even people with the following conditions:
1. Existing medical condition – if you can go to the dentist for a normal check-up, then you can receive implants. There are certain restrictions for some medical issues, but for the most part dental implants are successful with all medical conditions.
2. Problem teeth and gum disease – almost all patients who have missing teeth or gum disease have had successful results from the implants.
3. Wearing dentures or partials – implants can either replace the dentures completely or they can be used to make the denture more secure, making the dentures more comfortable in your mouth.
4. Smokers – though some patients who smoke have had some success with implants, the chance of having completely successful implants while smoking are very slim.
5. Bone loss – those who have lost their teeth a long time ago have often also lost bone, but there are many implant surgeons that are trained in this specialty area.
Basically a dental implant is an artificial tooth root made out of titanium that secures a dental prosthetic; it is a much more secure alternative to dentures. The prosthetics that connect to the implant may be made to look like either a single tooth or many teeth. There are numerous forms of treatments for teeth that are missing, however none of them could compare to the functional effectiveness of dental implants. And, more and more often, dental implants are the only option.