Dental Implants, Dentures, Bridges, and Bone loss--Don't Wait!

What is one thing that few dentists tell their patient’s after losing a tooth?  How about bone they are going to lose!  Visualize the tooth root being surrounded by bone.  About 25% of this bone width-wise is lost mostly on the outside.  An additional average of 4 mm decrease in height will occur also in the first.  Over the first 3-4 years 40-60% of the remaining bone will “wither away” over the next 3 years and progressively in the future (about 1% per year for life).  Worse, the bone will become less dense.  In the upper back teeth areas the bone will additionally “hollow out” as the sinus “grows down” into the remaining bone.
What does this mean for the patient?  If you have dentures they will become progressively loose. Partials dentures will start to rock as supporting bone is lost causing the clasped teeth to be torque out of place and compromised (that is one reason that supporting teeth last about 5 years).  If you have a conventional tooth bridge, food will be caught beneath the bridge as the bone beneath it is lost. 
The best solution is to prevent this progression before the loss occurs. In some cases these delirious loss can be corrected by gum and bone grafts-but why wait for these extreme measures?  Dental implants support that bone and prevent these problems!  Certainly have the omplants placed as soon as possible before these problems happen!

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Comments

[Jan]

I've had dentures for years, and another great and affordable place to check out if your in the market is Aspen Dental - http://www.aspendent.com . They have several locations and are very affordable.

[Ariana Dental Lab]

Make sure your communication with your dentist is crystal clear. The dental lab should be in on the conversation as well to make sure the dentures fit perfectly.

[california dentists]

I agree that If you have a conventional tooth bridge, food will be caught beneath the bridge as the bone beneath it is lost, the best solution to prevent this progression before the loss occurs.

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