If you have recently lost one of your teeth, you understand how immediate the effect of dental loss impacts your everyday life. While the esthetic change is obvious, simple functions you may previously take for granted are permanently altered. Because we rely on our teeth to form our speech, your voice may sound quite different. You can find yourself avoiding previously favorite foods that now risk harming the open gap in your grin. Because dental loss contributes to problems with the alignment of your bite, you now shift your jaw in awkward positions to attempt to complete your chewing. This repetitive stress on the joints can lead to a painful condition called temporomandibular disorder. To avoid these complications and restore the health and beauty of your smile, discuss your options for tooth replacement with your dental team.

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we design and place custom prosthetics to help you regain your grin after losing a tooth. We can examine your mouth to determine if you are eligible for a dental implant. This unique prosthetic treatment restores stimulation from your bite to the jawbone, preserving it for years to come. The biocompatible nature of your implant post means the body’s tissues bind together, holding it in place permanently.

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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.

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If you have recently lost one of your teeth, you understand how abrupt the changes to your everyday life can be. Activities you once took for granted now require more sensitivity than before. You may find yourself avoiding previously favorite foods that could injure the open socket in your smile. Because our teeth help form our speech, your voice can begin to sound different to yourself and others. Without replacement, your remaining teeth may drift into the open area, causing significant misalignment of your bite. As your bite misaligns, you may strain your jaw, creating serious tension, pain, and soreness that can lead to TMJ disorder. Because dental misalignment can wear down the surfaces of certain teeth, you even become more at risk for developing cavities and gum disease.

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we offer restorative solutions to missing teeth in the form of implant dentistry. By measuring the dimensions of your oral structures, we can create a prosthetic that anchors to your jawbone to recreate your lost tooth. A crown placed at the top of your implant can mimic the original appearance of a tooth and blend seamlessly with your smile. Enjoy an esthetic and functional return to form with the aid of your new dental implant.

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