Living with tooth loss is devastating in several ways.
Chewing and eating the foods you love can become challenging when you're missing one or more teeth, which may impact your health and nutrition. Feeling confident about interacting with others can be difficult when you're self-conscious about gaps in your smile.
Did you know that tooth loss also significantly impacts your overall health and well-being? When you've lost a tooth, you've also lost its root. Without a root to keep it stimulated, your jawbone begins to deteriorate, changing your facial structure and impacting support for neighboring teeth.
Tooth replacement is the solution, and a dental implant protects you from all these concerns by restoring your tooth and root.
How a Tooth Implant Works
A dental implant is the closest you can get to a natural tooth. A specialist carefully places the biocompatible implant into your jawbone, where it will naturally integrate with it over time through a process called osseointegration. When osseointegration is completed, your implant is ready to support your new tooth, a crown for single-tooth replacement, or a bridge or denture for restoring multiple missing teeth.
Why Choose Dental Implants in Brandon for Your Smile?
Tooth implants offer several advantages that our patients appreciate.
- Natural look and feel
- Bite stabilization and function
- Excellent longevity
- Simple care and maintenance
- Versatility for replacing multiple teeth
Because your dental implant functions, looks, and feels like a natural tooth, you can brush and floss it like your natural teeth, making your usual home care routine simple and effective. When you properly care for your dental implant, it can potentially last for many years and sometimes a lifetime, meaning you won't have to consider tooth replacement in the future.
If you're thinking about tooth replacement, your Brandon dentist can help! Contact Walker and Barr, DMD, at (813) 689-5928 to book an evaluation with one of our dentists.