Replacing lost teeth is a personal process, and the ultimate goals can often include solving issues that aren’t immediately obvious. For example, the right custom-designed dental restoration can not only restore your smile’s appearance, but also improve the way in which your bite functions and the rest of your teeth’s ability to absorb its pressure. Also, the loss of a tooth’s root, which isn’t visible when in place, can have impacts on the integrity of your dental ridges that may not be noticeable until years down the line. The most important advantages of dental implant restorations is their ability to replace your lost teeth roots and address the potentially serious consequences of their absence.
What makes implant restorations more lifelike
Dental implants are designed to help create more lifelike restorations to replace lost teeth, and they’re unique in their ability to recreate a tooth’s entire natural structure. This includes the root of the tooth, which conventional dental restorations aren’t equipped to replace. Traditionally, teeth replacements were designed mainly to rebuild the visible crowns of lost teeth, but required custom-designed support systems such as abutment teeth (for dental bridges) or clasps (for partial dentures). By contrast, dental implants can give your restoration a series of supportive anchors that mimic the way natural roots support your teeth. Implant posts can be placed within the empty sockets in your dental ridge, giving your replacement teeth more lifelike support.
When you have a restoration that doesn’t have implants
Traditional dental restorations are able to recreate much of your lost teeth’s functions and your smile’s more lifelike appearance. In doing so, dental bridges and dentures can address many of the problems that result from lost teeth, including changes to your smile’s appearance and to your bite’s overall balance. However, the lack of roots or comparable replacements can lead to long-term impacts on your remaining teeth, their supportive ridge structure, and more. These impacts largely stem from the lack of stimulation that results when you lose one or more teeth. This can lead to a gradual loss of mass and density, even after replacing the crowns of your lost teeth. Fortunately, dental implant posts can help lessen or stop this loss by once again providing vital stimulation in that area of the jawbone.
What having dental implant posts means for your smile
Having dental implants means a lot for your restoration’s quality and stability. Only the natural structures of your teeth and their supportive roots are able to provide maximum functionality for your overall bite. By replacing your lost teeth roots and eliminating the need for other, less lifelike support systems, dental implants can restore more of your oral health and preserve your oral structures more successfully in the long run. Aside from rebuilding your smile and improving your restoration’s quality, reestablishing the presence of root-like posts in your dental ridge also has significant advantages for your other oral structures. This includes stimulating the bone structure of your dental ridge and preserving its strength and integrity after losing teeth roots.
Learn more about the advantages of dental implants
Find out how dental implants can improve the overall function and quality of your replacement teeth. To learn more, schedule a consultation by calling the Dental Centre of Conroe in Conroe, TX, today at (936) 441-4600.
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