When you have missing teeth due to gum disease, we want to do more than just manage the disease to protect your gum health. We also want to address your tooth loss and keep your smile whole and intact. Our team of talented periodontic experts in Geneva and Fairport, NY, want to offer a full smile with lifelike and long-lasting dental implants.
The Causes of Tooth Loss (and the Dangers)
When you have periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease, this could destroy the connective tissues between your teeth and gums. Your teeth become loose and eventually lost. In fact, this is the leading cause of adult tooth loss. When teeth go missing, this gap could limit our meal options, leading to issues with clear speech, and could cause us to feel embarrassed about our appearance. But the most severe complication is the loss of mass and density in the jaw, which occurs as the body stops sending doses of calcium and phosphorus to the jaw around the lost tooth roots. This could mean an aged appearance and further tooth loss! But placing dental implants can preserve your bite and offer durable and lifelike tooth replacement.
The Dental Implants
Dental implants don’t need suction, adhesives, or clasps to stay in place. Instead, we insert a biocompatible titanium post into the jaw. This is accepted by your body as a new root, so the flow of key nutrients resumes, and your jawbone remains intact, allowing your new tooth to stay in place for decades to come, possibly a lifetime. We will plan and guide the placement process with advanced technology, choosing the best angle, position, and depth to insert your new post. Once in place, we can attach an abutment to the post that extends above the gum line. We then secure a custom crown, which can absorb daily bite forces and be shaded to blend with the rest of your smile. Not only that, but if your tooth loss is more advanced or total, we can use several posts to support a set of fixed dentures, which never slip and don’t need to be removed for soaking or cleaning.
Assistance with Laser Technology
Throughout the process we will employ advanced technology, including dental lasers. With lasers, we can make necessary adjustments to your gum tissues or underlying bone structures. We can also destroy harmful pockets of bacteria that could lead to complications down the road, such as periodontal disease or infection. If you have any questions, contact our team today.
SCHEDULE YOUR DENTAL IMPLANT VISIT WITH FLX PERIO TODAY!
We want to manage gum disease and then address your missing teeth with dental implants. Give us a call at our Fairport, NY office at 585.223.6040 to learn more.
