While cosmetic concerns such as a stain in your grin can warrant a simple treatment to eliminate these discrepancies, other concerns may not be so simple to tackle. In fact, items such as severe infection or decay caused by harmful oral bacteria can very easily impact more than your appearance, but your smile’s function as well. What’s more, without the proper treatment and preventive measures, you may find yourself quickly falling down a rabbit hole of problems that only continue to get worse, ultimately leading to tooth loss. In today’s blog, your Conroe, TX dentist will take a look at the steps we can take to help restore your grin, even after enduring great structural loss.

Are You a Candidate?

When it comes to structural loss, the common denominator tends to be decay or infection caused by harmful oral bacteria. Indeed, these bacteria are present in every smile, and it is up to you to ensure proper preventive care and treatment is pursued in order to keep your teeth healthy and happy. In some circumstances, however, significant damage or loss is endured before proper help is sought, further enforcing the notion that acting sooner rather than later is imperative. Fortunately, advanced dental technology and quality care go hand-in-hand, providing treatments that can address a number of concerns, including varying degrees of tooth loss.

Partial Versus Full

Just as a cavity may be treated with a dental filling, there are methods to treat tooth loss. For example, a single missing structure may be addressed with a dental implant restoration, or multiple adjacent teeth missing can be remedied with a custom porcelain bridge. But what about the situations in which multiple – or even all – teeth are gone? Fortunately, we have an answer for that as well.

When an individual experiences significant tooth loss, they may be a candidate for either partial or full dentures.  Typically speaking, full dentures are the traditional method that are often utilized when an individual has either experienced losing all of their teeth, or if extraction is warranted to remove remaining structures due to significant decay or infection. On the other hand, some patients may have a number of healthy teeth that remain while their grin is filled with a number of gaps creating structural concerns. In the latter example, a partial denture may be more appropriate to essentially fill these gaps. For more information about this process, contact our team today.

Restoring Your Smile

Your smile is one of your greatest assets, and our team is dedicated to helping you protect and maintain it. Contact The Dental Centre of Conroe in Conroe, TX by calling 936-441-4600 to learn what your restorative dental options may consist of, or to schedule your next visit with our team today.