Often, the process of replacing missing teeth with dental implants requires a lengthy period between the implant placement and prosthetic placement. However, your Livonia, MI, dentist offers a unique alternative that completes the entire process in one day. In today’s blog, find out how we ensure you never leave without a full smile, and enjoy a full set of teeth in just one day!
The Benefits of a Dental Implant
Dental implants are very different from other prosthetics. They’re not removable, and are fixed in place so there is never concern about slippage during meals or speech. Also, they actually bond with the jawbone tissue through a process known as osseointegration, which gives them to ability to last for decades, possibly even a lifetime in some cases. We use them to address a single missing tooth, or to secure bridges and dentures. For this reason, they provide optimal solutions for people with missing teeth.
What If I Lose Jawbone Mass/Density?
For people receiving implant dentures, the state of the jawbone is a critical factor. When we lose teeth, the body stops sending doses of calcium and phosphorus to the jawbone. Without these nutrients, the bone tissue loses mass and density and breaks down, causing an aged appearance and furthering the rate of tooth loss. Which means for some, receiving implant dentures requires first undergoing bone grafting or jaw ridge augmentation to strengthen bone tissue and ensure your smile can support new teeth. Fortunately, with Teeth-in-a-Day, these are especially designed to support a new prosthetic with as few as four implant posts, so they help even those who have lost significant amounts of jawbone mass and density!
Teeth-In-A-Day
We start by using advanced technology to guide the placement process, inserting the new tooth roots into each arch. We then design and create a custom prosthetic, attaching it to the implants in the same visit. When you leave our office, you do so with a complete smile! No need to wait for a finished prosthetic, just a strong and durable smile that looks great and restores your ability to eat your favorite foods and smile with confidence once again. If you have any questions about this process, or about what you can do to avoid tooth loss, then contact our team today. We want to help our patients enjoy full, functional, and of course, beautiful smiles, for many years to come.
Let’s Restore Your Smile!
We want to help people obtain a full and functional smile, one that looks great and fills them with confidence. To learn more about fixed prosthetics and implant dentistry, then call James Stewart, DDS, dental implant office in Livonia, MI, at (734) 425-4400. We also serve the residents of Farmington, Plymouth, Dearborn Heights, and all surrounding communities.