If you have traditional dentures, you’re likely familiar with the struggle of eating. While these prosthetics are custom-fit to the contours of your mouth, they rarely keep this stability. Over time, dentures become loose, causing them to slide around on your gums and affect your ability to break down food. However, Bivona Family Dental has a more secure alternative that may help improve your quality of life! Using mini dental implants for dentures, we stabilize your prosthetic to keep your smile secure. Stability allows for better speech, a more comfortable fit, and, of course, effective chewing! If you want to eat the foods you love without hesitation, we recommend using dental implants to stabilize your loose prosthetic.
The Issue With Loose Dentures
If denture restorations are made to fit your mouth perfectly, why do they loosen over time?
Natural teeth have roots that extend into your jaw for stability. Not only do these roots keep your smile secure, but they also play a major role in the health of your jawbone. When you lose teeth, you also lose these roots, often resulting in bone resorption—a natural process that involves the loss of bone mass and volume over time. If your tooth roots are left unreplaced, your jaw will continue to shrink underneath your prosthetic, causing ill-fit.
Ill-fitting or loose dentures create unfortunate consequences for patients like you, including:
- Gum irritation: As you talk or eat, loose dentures slide around on your gum tissue. This often results in irritation, or even denture sores that make wearing your denture painful.
- Oral infection: When your denture lifts from your gums, food can slide underneath, getting trapped by the prosthetic. If left there, it will gather bacteria and potentially cause oral infections!
- Chewing difficulties: One of the most common complaints about loose dentures is how they affect a patient’s ability to eat. In order to break down foods effectively, your smile needs to have a stable bite. With ill-fitting dentures, patients struggle to chew certain foods, often limiting their diet and nutritional intake.
If you’re experiencing any of these issues, it may be time for a solution. Using mini dental implants to support your dentures, we can stabilize your smile for years to come!
Using Mini Implants for Dentures
Dental implants are titanium screws that secure artificial teeth by anchoring them to your jawbone. While in the jaw, these screws also act as replacement tooth roots, keeping your jawbone stable and healthy!
While Bivona Family Dental offers both traditional dental implants and mini dental implants, we often recommend mini implants for our patients when possible. These small titanium posts provide significant advantages, keeping your dentures secure.
The placement process for mini implants is simple. First, we use a local anesthetic to keep you comfortable throughout the procedure. Then, we create a small pilot hole in your gums and jaw to guide the implant into place. This minimally invasive process allows for easy placement and fast healing, making mini implants a great option for those looking to avoid multiple appointments and longer healing times.
Additionally, these implants are immediately stable enough upon placement to support a temporary restoration. At Bivona Family Dental, you can come to your appointment with no teeth and leave the same day with a functional and full smile!
For patients seeking an even faster path to secure dentures, we offer innovative L-PRF therapy. L-PRF stands for Leukocyte-Platelet Rich Fibrin, which is a collection of natural biological materials that help facilitate growth and healing. By taking a small sample of your blood, we separate these properties and create a sort of clot that we then place on your implant site. Over time, L-PRF therapy often leads to faster healing, reduced discomfort, and quicker results.
A Review of Our Mini Implant Dentures!
At Bivona Family Dental, we offer three distinct mini implant dentures, each with its own unique advantages.
- Overdentures: Supported by 4 to 8 mini implants, this denture “snaps” on and off your implants with ease! Their removability allows for simple maintenance, resembling traditional dentures, but without sacrificing stability. In some cases, if you’re denture is in good shape, we may be able to transform a traditional denture into an overdenture!
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A roundhouse bridge features a sleek, horseshoe-like design that follows the natural curve of your jaw. Semi-removable roundhouse bridges: A roundhouse bridge is similar to a denture, in that it replaces all of your teeth, but without the need for a bulky denture base. Instead, they feature a sleek horseshoe-like design that secures directly to your implants. Semi-removable dentures are anchored by 6 to 10 implants and are only removed at routine dental cleanings by professionals.
- Non-removable roundhouse bridges: A non-removable roundhouse bridge is exactly as it sounds. Once cemented on 10 to 12 mini implants, this restoration never comes out, mimicking the function and appearance of your natural teeth. With this secure prosthetic, patients can eat all of the foods they love with no hesitation.
At your free consultation, our team will determine if you’re eligible for mini implants and help you decide which restoration is the right choice for your smile.
Try Mini Implants for a More Stable Solution to Tooth Loss
When loose dentures reduce your ability to chew food and function properly, it’s time to make the switch. Using mini implants for dentures, we stabilize your smile and maintain the health of your jawbone. Book a free consultation at Bivona Family Dental to determine your eligibility and to begin your journey to a more comfortable smile!
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