Are you missing one or more teeth? If so, a prosthetic replacement can help prevent or treat common frustrations that coincide with dental loss. Because our teeth help us form our speech, losing a tooth can strangely change the sound of your voice. This is another example beyond your appearance of how missing a tooth can challenge your self-confidence. If your open socket becomes rather sensitive, you also must avoid certain sharp or hard foods that can cause pain. Without prompt restoration, the gap in your grin invites neighboring teeth to drift inwards. This increases the misalignment of your bite, leading to higher instances of tooth decay, infection, and disease. That’s why losing a tooth is often followed by additional losses in short order. Fortunately, we can design a prosthodontic treatment to help you return your smile’s function and beauty.
At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we understand how difficult adjusting to life with a missing tooth can be. By examining your mouth and jaw, we can determine if you have the requisite bone density to hold a brand-new implant tooth. Inserting a titanium post directly into your open socket allows you to permanently hold an above-the-gum prosthetic securely in your bite.
What Conditions Contribute To Tooth Loss?
While the causes of dental loss vary, understanding how they develop can help you prevent future damage. It can be impossible to predict a sporting accident or physical injury that spontaneously knocks out one of your teeth. When this happens, we can attempt to place your tooth back in its socket, but the procedure may not succeed. Similarly, advanced cases of tooth decay can wear away so much healthy material that you cannot support a dental filling or crown. When this happens, we recommend extracting the tooth to prevent your decay from spreading to other members of your smile.
Gum disease is by far the most common contributing factor to missing teeth. As inflammation destroys the connective tissues and bone that hold your smile together, you quickly lose teeth. By identifying a gum infection, we can provide treatment to preserve your smile.
A Permanent Treatment For Dental Loss
We can insert a biocompatible post that bonds with your bone and other oral tissues to mimic your missing tooth’s root. By transferring the force of your bite from an above-the-gum prosthetic, an implant post stimulates the jaw to help maintain its density. For this reason, you may prefer implant dentistry over competing restorative procedures.
TALK TO YOUR DENTIST AT SUNNY SMILES ABOUT A SOLUTION FOR DENTAL LOSS
Let us know if you would like to correct your dental loss. To find out more about restorative treatment or plan your next visit, please call our Sunny Smiles location on N Zaragoza Rd in El Paso, TX at (915) 849-9000.