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Dental Implants Improve Oral Health
Cherrywood Dental • Nov 25, 2013
Dental implants replace missing tooth roots to rebuild your smile. They do immediately improve your smile’s appearance and your ability to perform daily tasks like speaking and chewing, but there are additional benefits dental implants carry of which you may not be aware. Dental implants offer impressive health benefits that result in improved oral and periodontal health. Many of them are ongoing, and build over time. By getting a dental implant soon after losing a permanent tooth, you protect that area from a variety of problems. Read on to become convinced of just why dental implants should play a role in your smile’s restoration.
Health Benefits of Tooth Implants
Tooth implants are a key part of dental restorations, but they don’t actually restore visible portions of your teeth. Implants play an even more important role by reaching below the gum line, to your jaw bone. Once enough healing time has passed, the implants actually bond with your natural bone, creating an unbelievably strong bond. This osseointegration is among implants’ unique aspects. Those aspects are what make implants able to provide such incredible, healthy benefits for our patients.
Dental implants:
- Preserve bone density – Your jawbone needs to be connected to a tooth in order for the outer portion of it to remain. When the tooth is missing, the bone will begin to resorb (dissolve), weakening the area. Good bone density helps ensure strong health and to maintain your facial structure. If you lose enough of that bone, you won’t be able to place a dental implant at all.
- Help prevent facial collapse – Loss of teeth and bone can mean sagging skin and an altered facial structure. Implants will help preserve both your appearance and your jawbones, maintaining youthfulness.
- Stop teeth from shifting – Missing teeth allow the other teeth to shift and move to new positions. This disturbs your occlusion, and can lead to TMJ problems and discomfort.
- Improve oral and periodontal health – The spaces left by missing teeth act as happy homes for oral bacteria. Implants and restorations will lessen the likelihood of decay, and improve your periodontal health to boot.
Single Day Implant Placement in Greenbelt
Cherrywood Dental offers same day implant and restoration placement, so that we may restore your teeth in record time. Get in touch to learn more.