Sometimes Dentures may be your only option...
Whether due to rampant dental decay or severe gum disease with bone loss, it is sometimes necessary to replace all of your teeth and supporting structures with full prostheses, or dentures. Despite what the TV commercials for glues and pastes may say, wearing dentures is not easy. For most people, it is not the end of their tooth problems but rather, the beginning of a whole new set of problems. Denture patients are constantly concerned with their teeth and are almost always aware that their teeth are not their own. Dentures shift and move as you speak and they provide a minimum of chewing force. They lose suction which can cause them to come out unexpectedly. As your bone changes and melts away, the fit will change. Patients often come in to adjust sore spots and refill the voids with new plastic as their denture fit changes.
Implants are the only method in dentistry to naturally replace your teeth while preserving bone and maintaining the quality of life you deserve. No denture, no matter how good, even comes close to the simplest implant denture! There are many levels of implant treatment. Each method is different - not better or worse - than any other. Most importantly, each method provides a solution for a specific set of problems. Our expertise and experience helps us determine the best solution together with you, not for you.
Call our office for a complimentary implant consultation to learn how you might benefit from dental implants. |
