What
are the benefits of dental implants?
Protect Your Remaining Natural Teeth
Dental implants are often more appropriate than a bridge for the replacement
of one or more adjacent teeth. With conventional bridgework, the teeth
surrounding missing teeth must be reshaped. Dental implants often eliminate
the need to modify these teeth, resulting in a conservative, yet esthetic
restoration.
Improved Appearance
When teeth are lost, ongoing shrinkage of the jawbone occurs making
the face look older. Dental implants can slow or stop this process.
Dental implants look and feel like your own natural teeth.
Improved Comfort
Dental implants eliminate the pain and discomfort of removable full
or
partial dentures. Since dentures sit on top of the jawbone and gums,
continuous shrinkage of the jaw bone alters the fit of the denture resulting
in slipping or rocking of the dentures. Exposed nerves and irritation
of the
gum tissue may add to the discomfort.
Implant supported replacement teeth are like natural teeth because they
are anchored securely to your jawbone.
Gum irritation and the pain of exposed nerves associated with conventional
full or partial dentures are eliminated.
Improved Speech
With ill fitting dentures, the teeth slip and slide around the mouth.
The
facial muscles become tense in an attempt to hold the teeth in place.
This
often results in mumbling, slurred speech or clicking noises.
Replacement teeth allow you to speak with confidence in a relaxed and
natural tone.
Eat Better
The average denture patient with an excellent fitting denture eats at
15-20% efficiency when compared to a person with natural teeth. As the
jawbone shrinks, your chewing efficiency is reduced even more, making
it difficult to eat certain foods. Dental implants can restore chewing
efficiency
comparable to that of natural teeth.
This allows you to eat your favorite foods with confidence and without
pain, enjoy what everyone is eating and not think twice about it. A
full upper denture covers the palate of the mouth and reduces the ability
to taste foods. With dental implants, you can have the palate removed
from your upper denture so you can taste and enjoy your food.
Convenience
Dental implants can eliminate the numerous embarrassing inconveniences
of
removable partial and full dentures. You will eliminate the use of gooey
denture adhesives that must be re-applied throughout the day. You will
no
longer need to cover your mouth when you laugh or smile, for fear that
your
teeth will pop out or fall down.
Improved Self Esteem
Considering all other benefits, dental implants can improve your
self-esteem. You may feel better about yourself. You can regain nearly
all
the capabilities that most people have with natural teeth, giving you
renewed confidence, and allowing you to enjoy life, do what everyone
else
doing and not think twice about it.
Clearly dental implants are one of the finest treatment options dentistry
has to offer. With their ability to improve the quality of your life
and
health it's easy to understand why they have become the accepted alternative
to traditional methods of replacing missing teeth.
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