When dental implants are inserted into your smile, they can replace missing teeth and offer an option that lasts for decades to come! To ensure they look natural and provide a durable chewing surface, we will create unique restorations. In today’s blog, your Astoria, NY, dentist talks about creating implant restorations.
Treating Your Tooth Loss
We want to see you when you lose a tooth. Taking steps to address your missing teeth can help safeguard your smile. For example, you can avoid the onset of misalignment, which occurs when teeth shift due to a gap in the smile. Preventing this alone could lower the risk of tooth decay and gum disease. Treatment also prevents the jaw joint strain from bite imbalance which could otherwise cause painful complications like TMJ disorder and bruxism (teeth grinding). The body will take note of your lost tooth and in response, suspend or divert the flow of calcium and phosphorus to the surrounding bone tissue. The result is a weakened jawbone and the risk of further tooth loss! But all of this can be avoided with a dental implant.
The Dental Implant
The implant portion is actually a biocompatible post made from titanium and similar in appearance to a screw. This is inserted into the jawbone, guided in place with digital technology. An angle and position are chosen to support a new tooth and also stimulate the growth of jawbone tissue, preventing the breakdown linked to further tooth loss. An abutment is then added to it that extends above the gum line. Finally, we connect a restoration to complete the new tooth. We take steps to ensure this last step offers a lifelike appearance and a durable chewing surface.
Creating Lifelike Restorations
Based on digital images taken of your smile, we will design a crown that is attached to the abutment and fits comfortably, offering a balanced bite and an attractive appearance. We custom-make them from materials like ceramic, which are translucent like tooth enamel, but can also be shaded to blend with your smile seamlessly. Since the implant portion is accepted as a new root, this means your new tooth could last for decades to come, maybe even a lifetime. You will obtain a new tooth that looks and functions like a natural one.
If you have any questions about how we treat issues like tooth loss, then contact our team today to learn more. We want to help you start 2023 with a full smile!
Do You Have Questions About Replacing Missing Teeth?
We would like to help you smile with confidence again! If you would like to learn more about addressing minor or even advanced tooth loss, then schedule a consultation by calling Jeffrey Leibowitz, DDS, in Astoria, NY, today at 718-728-8320.
