Major tooth loss could be addressed with a denture, protecting your smile from major complications. When you lose most or all of your teeth, this could impact your smile and oral health in multiple ways. But with our custom approach to dental prosthetics, we can help! In today’s blog, Dr. Jeffrey Leibowitz, DDS, talks about treating major tooth loss with our dentures for patients in Astoria, NY.
The Causes of Missing Teeth
What causes a person to lose most or all of their natural teeth? For some, losing several teeth could be due to a major injury to the face or jaw. Lack of dental care could allow tooth decay and infection to spread through your smile, leaving you vulnerable to missing teeth. The most common cause is usually periodontitis, the stage of gum disease that severs the tissues connecting your teeth and gums. To allow you to eat your favorite foods again, speak clearly, and feel confident, we can create custom prosthetics to take on major tooth loss.
A Partial
Losing multiple teeth across your smile could leave several gaps, too much to be addressed with a dental bridge. But you may still have enough natural teeth in place that a full is not necessary. In situations like this, we can help. A partial can take on major tooth loss, addressing all of these gaps at once. Custom-made for your smile, this will contain multiple custom ceramic teeth set in an acrylic base, one that looks like gum tissues. Clasps will attach to natural teeth to hold the prosthetic in place, and when in place, this fills every gap at once so you have a complete smile again.
Full Dentures
Even if you have lost most or all of your teeth, we can help your major tooth loss with a denture. A full replaces every tooth on one or both arches. We may extract the last few teeth, and then take digital images and measurements of your bite so we can design and craft the dure, which contains a complete row of new teeth set in an acrylic base. Suction or the assistance of an adhesive will help keep your new denture in place, and this can last for up to ten years in some cases.
If you are ready to take on major tooth loss with a full or partial denture, then contact our team today to learn more and get started. A full smile is possible, and we can help!
Schedule Your Appointment to Take on Missing Teeth
Our team can help take on lost teeth with our custom dentures. To schedule your next appointment with our office, contact Jeffrey Leibowitz, DDS in Astoria, NY by calling 718-728-8320 today.
