Imagine biting into a juicy steak or crisp apple. For many people, it’s not difficult to picture! Those with all of their natural teeth often eat with little trouble, breaking down foods easily. Unfortunately, not everyone keeps their natural teeth forever. Tooth loss is a relatively common occurrence, especially among older adults who are more susceptible to gum disease and tooth decay. Often, these patients use traditional dentures to replace their smiles. However, these restorations are notorious for their instability, which creates difficulties when chewing or speaking. Fortunately, Bivona Family Dental offers denture stabilization using mini dental implants! By anchoring your denture in place, you can enjoy a stable smile for years to come.
Why Do Dentures Loosen Over Time?
Traditional dentures are custom-fit to your jawbone, perfectly shaped to the contours of your mouth. Initially, this fit provides a stable bite. However, traditional dentures don’t stay secure for long, as they fail to replace one of the most important parts of your tooth!
The crown of a natural tooth refers to the part visible in your smile, which you use to chew. The root, however, lies below your gums and anchors into your jawbone. These tooth roots play a vital role in oral health, as they not only keep your smile secure but also stimulate the bone when you chew your food. This stimulation is essential for bone health, keeping your jaw full and dense. When you lose teeth, you also lose stimulation, resulting in bone resorption or the loss of bone mass and volume.
Traditional dentures only replace the crowns of your smile, allowing your bone to continue shrinking over time. Because these prosthetics rely on your jawbone for support, they eventually lose their perfect fit and come loose in your mouth. Loose dentures cause numerous problems for patients like you, such as:
- Gum irritation: As your prosthetic slides around on your gums every time you talk or chew, it irritates your soft tissues, often causing denture sores.
- Infection risk: Because your denture shifts while you eat, it’s common for food particles to get trapped underneath your prosthetic. When left there, they increase your risk of infection and bad breath.
- Eating difficulties: Your smile needs a relatively strong bite to break down foods. Loose dentures reduce your bite force, making many foods difficult to eat and often necessitating a change in diet.
Fortunately, dental implants secure your denture in place!
Using Dental Implants for Denture Stabilization
At Bivona Family Dental, we use two kinds of dental implants.
Conventional dental implants are large and sturdy, offering incredible stability. However, their large diameter and multi-piece design make some patients ineligible for their procedure, as they lack the necessary bone structure. While we provide bone grafting and sinus lifts to rebuild lost bone, these additional procedures increase the cost and length of your implant placement.
Fortunately, we also offer mini dental implants, the smaller and more sleek version! These titanium posts are less than 3 mm in diameter and feature a sleek single-piece design. With their narrow diameter, they allow more patients, even those with less jawbone, to restore their smiles and stabilize their dentures!
With fewer components, fewer appointments, and fewer additional procedures necessary, mini implants are significantly less expensive than their conventional counterparts. For denture stabilization, trust Bivona Family Dental to use mini implants to secure your smile without compromising stability!
Denture Stabilization Options
The denture stabilization process differs, depending on your needs.
If your denture is suitable and in excellent condition, we may be able to add housings to the denture base, transforming it into a Snap-in denture. This prosthetic is fully removable and offers all the convenience of traditional dentures with less hassle! If your denture isn’t reusable, we’ll provide you with a new, custom-fit implant denture.
For those seeking greater stability, we also offer both semi-removable and non-removable restorations. Using multiple mini implants placed strategically around your jaw, we secure these restorations without the need for a bulky denture base. Instead, we use roundhouse bridges, which are a natural-looking arch of crowns fused together to create a horseshoe-like design. With these dentures, you can eat all the foods you love with no hesitation!
No matter what your needs are, we can use dental implants to stabilize your dentures, providing you with a happy and secure smile!
Stabilize Your Smile With a Mini Implant Denture!
Eating the foods you love doesn’t have to be a dream anymore. Using dental implants, Bivona Family Dental provides denture stabilization! These implants secure into your jaw, replacing your tooth roots and anchoring your dentures in place. With a wide variety of implant dentures to choose from, you can enjoy a stable smile that is custom-fit to your lifestyle.
Book a free implant consultation today to learn if you’re eligible for denture stabilization using mini dental implants.
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