Dental Implants
Dental Implants
Dental Implants Q&A
Dental implants are a popular tooth replacement solution for many reasons. They offer the following advantages:
- Natural appearance
- Comfort
- Improved chewing
- Improved speaking
- Permanency
- Minimal maintenance
Additionally, dental implants help you retain healthy gum tissue and bone density in your jaw. If you have removable dentures, you lose both gum tissue and bone over time. Of course, the same is true if you have open tooth sockets without tooth replacement.
That gum and bone loss can even negatively alter the shape of your face. Fortunately, dental implants or an implant and denture hybrid, All-on-4®, can help you maintain both your appearance and your oral health.
Dental implants require stable and healthy bone, so if you’ve already lost bone or have weak bone, you might not be an ideal candidate. But, there are a couple of options even if that’s the case. Bone grafting, in which you grow new healthy bone or undergo a bone transfer, can help you develop the bone needed to support dental implants.
All-on-4 might also be a good option if you don’t have sufficient healthy bone for full-mouth dental implants. Because All-on-4 uses only four implants per arch, and the posterior implants are slightly tilted to accommodate for bone loss, your bone density isn’t an issue.
Use online booking or call Allan D. Schulman, DDS, LLC, to book your dental implant consultation today.