Making Decision --> Why implant?

Your Natural Teeth

         Your own natural teeth in a healthy, well maintained condition are the best teeth you can possibly have and nothing compares to them. With good self care and frequent dental checkups you can keep your teeth in the best condition for as long as possible.

         But when you lost your tooth, it is best to replace it with a non-removable replacement as promptly as possible. With the replacement of a single tooth, a non-removable bridge is often quite satisfactory. However, when two or three teeth in a row are lost, or several teeth spread out intermittently through the entire jaw, a considerable amount of root support has been lost.

Why implant?

         Nature has provided tooth supporting bone for the years when teeth are present. When teeth are lost the tooth supporting bone degenerates. Nature takes away what you do not use! The bone under the gums "shrinks" and dentures get loose. Dental implants, when properly placed and maintained, provide excellent bone support so that the bone tends to be preserved since it is still being used.

         A patient with all his or her natural teeth in a healthy, well maintained and functionally accurate condition can chew at 100 percent efficiency. With every tooth lost the amount of chewing efficiency decreases depending on whether or not the teeth are replaced and how.

               Ultimately, if all teeth are lost, you will have perhaps a 15 to 18 percent chewing efficiency (with good - fitting dentures on adequate bone ridges). With implants and non-removable bridge work you could obtain as high as 95 percent efficiency.

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