Periodontal disease, once it reaches a stage known as periodontitis, could lead to missing teeth. In addition to periodontic care to manage the disease, we could offer a way to address the gaps in your smile. In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about dental implant placement!
Gum Disease and Tooth Loss
When you have a stage of gum disease known as periodontitis, this could lead to the connective tissues between the teeth and gums being severed, causing loose and missing teeth. When you lose teeth, this could weaken your jawbone and leave you susceptible to major oral health complications. But our team can provide care to manage the underlying disease, including the use of advanced laser technology. But we can also address missing teeth with a long-lasting option that keeps your smile intact and provides a lifelike appearance: dental implants.
Replacing Your Missing Teeth
In addition to managing the disease to endure your natural teeth and your new dental implants stay in place, our team can make sure your jaw can support new teeth. If tooth loss has weakened your lower jaw, we could conduct laser-assisted jawbone grafting to strengthen it. When your smile is ready, we will employ advanced digital imaging to plan and guide the placement of your new dental implants, which act as tooth roots. We guide these into the right position, depth, and angle to ensure your smile can support them, and that they in turn keep your smile intact. For an individual dental implant, we will attach a crown to the implant post, which provides a lifelike appearance and a durable chewing surface. If you have more severe tooth loss, then prosthetics like bridges or even dentures could be connected to multiple posts, so you can obtain a full smile.
Managing Periodontal Disease
Periodontal disease cannot be cured, and lack of routine care to manage it could mean it poses a risk to your oral health and smile stability. But our team can provide holistic and preventive care, such as routine cleaning and Ozone Therapy, to help manage the disease. We will also discuss better homecare habits to protect the health of your gums, along with your new and natural teeth too.
If you have any questions about how we not only manage periodontal disease, but also keep your smile intact and replace missing teeth, then reach out to our team today to learn more about implant dentistry and start your journey to a full smile in 2026!
Schedule a Visit for New Teeth
Our team wants to help you enjoy good oral health and a complete smile again. When you are ready to schedule an appointment, call Dr. Ann Kania in San Diego, CA, at 760-642-0711.