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There are a lot of people that are looking for some way to fix the way their smile looks everyone want to have a movie star smile. Dental implants can help a person get the smile that they always wanted with just a few procedures. Dental implants are the first technological advances in dentistry to allow the permanent, natural, and stable replacement of teeth lost to accident, injury, or disease. If you are looking to improve the way your smile, consider getting dental implants.
Why do we need to replace missing teeth?
Our teeth are an important part of our digestive system as it is needed for chewing food. It plays a role in speech .It is also an important part of our appearance. Finally, it prevents gaps and spaces from appearing between our teeth when a tooth is lost.
What are the advantages over conventional replacements?
The conventional methods of replacing missing teeth are Bridges or Dentures.
Bridges usually involve sticking false teeth onto our existing teeth. This may involve filing down healthy teeth to act as retainers which may compromise the health of these teeth. Bridges can also only be provided when there are sufficient strong remaining teeth. They are however a permanent replacement, although they are likely to need replacement every 10 to 15 years.
Dentures are teeth attached to a plastic or metal plate. They can often be cumbersome as they have to be taken in and out every day and for cleaning. They may not always retain in place well if the shape of the gums and bone in the mouth is not appropriate.
Though bridges and dentures can serve us satisfactorily, Dental implants provide better support and usually results in more comfortable and stable replacement teeth. It provides better chewing efficiency and allows us to have permanent fixed teeth without trimming our own natural teeth for support, or having to remove the teeth every day. Implants also slow down the shrinkage of our jawbone which occurs as a result of tooth loss.
Are dental implants dangerous to health?
The materials used chiefly titanium is almost never rejected by the body. These have also never been a report of it being the cause of cancer or any life-threatening disease.
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Advantages of implants over dentures
For some people, particularly persons with loose or poor fitting dentures due to flat ridges, or persons with multiple missing teeth who need support for crowns and bridges, implants may be considered a more appropriate alternative to fix the appearance of missing teeth than dentures. According to the American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics, implants help to accomplish the following :
- Reduce movement of dentures, bridges, and/or crowns
- Facilitate proper chewing
- Provide support and improved stability for removable dentures or fixed bridge work
- Approximate the "feel" of natural teeth better than dentures
- Promote "denture self-confidence", as speech and appearance are often improved
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