How Dental Implants Replace Your Missing Teeth

When you have missing teeth, this could lead to issues with your daily life and overall oral health. You could also feel uncomfortable with your appearance. But we can help you smile with confidence again by addressing your missing teeth. With our team at Charlottesville Oral Surgery & Dental Implant Centers, we can offer lifelike and long-lasting dental implants.

The Factors Behind Tooth Loss

What leads to missing teeth? Often, poor oral health is the culprit. Tooth decay can lead to serious infection that if not treated in time, could beyond treatment with a root canal and crown. Instead, the tooth needs to be removed to prevent the spread of infection, or it could fall out. Periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease, is the most common factor in the loss of natural teeth. However, you could also lose teeth to an injury to the face or jaw. Replacing your missing teeth is key to avoid issues eating, clear speech, and dental alignment. With dental implants, you also avoid the loss of mass and density in the jaw linked to further tooth loss and an aged appearance.

Planning Your Treatment

When you see us, we will talk to you about your tooth loss and how long you have lived with missing teeth. We then take a close look at your smile with digital x-rays and intraoral camera images, so we can understand the cause and severity of your tooth loss. We also want to assess the strength of your jawbone, so we can make sure you can receive new teeth without first undergoing jawbone grafting or sinus lift procedures. We also need to choose the best angle, position, and depth to insert these posts.

Securing Your New Teeth

Once we have planned the procedure in detail, we will numb the area where the posts are being placed, and we can also discuss sedation, your oral surgery is a comfortable and relaxing experience. Once we have the post or posts in place, we will add an abutment to them so we can attach a crown, completing your new tooth. If you have more advanced tooth loss, multiple posts can support a bridge or even a full set of dentures, sometimes in only one visit. If you have any questions about how we address lost teeth with dental implants, then contact our team today to learn more.

Find Out More About Implant Dentistry With Charlottesville Oral Surgery & Dental Implant Centers

We want to help you smile with confidence again by replacing your missing teeth. Set aside some time to meet with our team at Charlottesville Oral Surgery & Dental Implant Centers by calling us at (434) 282-2275 at our Charlottesville-Berkshire location today!