When you have tooth loss too severe for a dental bridge to treat, we could offer a complete smile with dentures. Our team provides full and partial prosthetics to address these gaps and help you obtain a function and beautiful smile again. In today’s blog, your El Paso, TX, dentists talk about our full and partial dentures.
The Impact of Your Severe Tooth Loss
We could lose teeth due to tooth decay, infection, or injury. Periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease, is often the most common cause. When you lose several teeth, this could limit your meal options and even make clear speech difficult, impacting your quality of life. You could also notice your jaw loses mass and density, which makes you develop an aged appearance too. Related complications, such as misalignment, TMJ disorder, and even bruxism (teeth grinding) could occur as well. To avoid these issues, you need to replace your lost teeth with a set of dentures.
Partial Prosthetics
A partial denture addresses multiple missing teeth in your smile, which are too far apart to be addressed with a bridge. Instead, you need a prosthetic that fills each of the gaps at once to complete your smile. A partial contains new teeth set in an acrylic base. The base is designed to look like gum tissue, and the teeth are crafted from materials like ceramic, so they handle daily bite forces but look natural, bleeding with the rest of the smile. A metal clasps will attach natural teeth and keep these in place. We could also use them with dental implants, which prevents the loss of mass and density in the jaw, so your prosthetic lasts for much longer.
Full Prosthetics
For total tooth loss, or near total, we could remove the last few teeth and design a prosthetic that replaces every tooth on one or both of your arches. This consists of a complete row of new teeth set in an acrylic base. Suction or the use of special adhesive will keep them in place, and again we could offer a fixed option with dental implants that will last longer. You don’t have to live with the complications of tooth loss, you can enjoy a complete smile again and better oral health and function with a set of custom-made dentures. If you have any questions about our removable or fixed dentures, then contact our team today to learn more.
TALK TO SUNNY SMILES IN EL PASO, TX, ABOUT REPLACING MISSING TEETH
We would like to help you obtain a full and beautiful smile again. If you’re ready to schedule a visit to tackle your missing teeth, then contact our Sunny Smiles location on N Zaragoza Rd in El Paso, TX at 915-849-9000.