If you have damaged teeth then it’s very important to get them replaced as soon as possible. Losing your teeth doesn’t just affect your appearance but also your self confidence. So to help you relive those younger days, dentistry has advanced.
Advanced Dental Implants
Breakthrough in dentistry has occurred across the board with advancement in not only the way in which dental treatments are performed but also in the equipment used to perform the treatments and checks. One of the most popular dental treatments is Dental Implants as it allows quicker replacement of teeth in minimal time allowing you to enjoy your new teeth for longer.
Pre breakthrough dentistry
Now I know that you’ve heard this many times before, but its important to remember that you can lose your teeth due to many reasons, for example, excessive consumption of sugary feeds, lack of proper oral care leading to gum disease, as well as age. Age is one of the common reasons for losing your teeth and hence most dental practices do find that a lot of their dental implants clients are quite old. Where previously, clients would have to wait months before they could see their implants, this new breakthrough allows them to experience those new teeth in just one day.
Before dentists came across these breakthrough treatments for fixing damaged teeth, there was what we call old school dental treatments such as Dentures and traditional implants surgery.
In the past we used what we call dentures. Now dentures were used to fill any gaps in your teeth that were a result of the original teeth falling out. However, dentures are not strong and are certainly not long lasting. And the real problem with dentures is that they can sometimes come loose or even fall out when you are talking or chewing, this can inevitably be very embarrassing.
Additional things to note about teeth falling out are that it affects your appearance in several ways. The first is of course shrinking of gums, because your gums don’t have the teeth to latch onto so they will eventually shrivel and shrink. The second and most important aspect is loss of support structure around your mouth and for your whole face, this result in deep wrinkles forming around your mouth. This also makes your cheeks look droopy and hence makes you look older than you actually are.
When replacing missing teeth with dental implants the overall strength of the support around your mouth will improve. This leads to the face looking more structured and shape will be given to the cheek and chin area.
Improved Dentures with Implants
The new improved dentures treatment is now stronger and more natural. Dentures can now be created to match the original colour of your teeth, making them look natural and less fake. At the same time, because dentures are not made to last forever, because they are fitted to the shape of your face, and no doubt this will change as you age, hence you should change your dentures every 5 to 7 years to ensure that you get maximum benefit from them.
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