Dental Implants Treat Your Tooth Loss

When you lose your teeth to gum disease, we don’t just want to treat and manage the disease, we also want to address your tooth loss too. With dental implants, we can replace a single missing tooth or support a full set of dentures! In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about implant dentistry.

How Gum Disease Causes Tooth Loss

What happens to cause tooth loss? In the majority of cases, adults lose their natural teeth to periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease. When your periodontal disease reaches this stage, this destroys the connective tissues between the teeth and gums, and can damage underlying bone structure too. This leads to tooth loss. When you lose your teeth, the body stops sending doses of calcium and phosphorus to the surrounding jawbone. This further damages underlying bone structure to cause an aged appearance and additional tooth loss. But our team can help restore your smile with periodontal treatment and dental implants.

Managing Periodontal Disease

First, we need to manage the issue so it does not threaten your new teeth. With laser dentistry, we can trim away diseased tissues and reshape the gum line. We can then use preventive treatments like cleanings, Supportive Periodontal Maintenance, or even Ozone Therapy to keep the issue in check. These actions help prevent tooth loss and stop discomfort in your gums, such as soreness and bleeding.

Placing Dental Implants

When the disease is managed properly, we can then move forward with dental implant placement. First, we need to make sure your jawbone is not too weak, otherwise we may need to conduct a jawbone grafting procedure to rebuild the smile and provide structure to support new teeth. We will choose the best angles, positions, and depths to insert the dental implant posts. Once these are in place, they bond with the jawbone and are accepted by the body as natural roots, which prevents the breakdown in the jaw linked to an aged appearance and further missing teeth. We can offer individual tooth replacement or even secure a set of fixed dentures. We take steps to ensure your results look natural, and with proper care and attention your new teeth can last for decades to come, possibly a lifetime.

If you have any questions about how we address your lost teeth with implant dentistry, then contact our team today to learn more. You deserve a full and beautiful smile, so don’t delay!

Talk to Dr. Kania About Implant Dentistry

Our team walks about the process of placing and restoring dental implants. To learn more about how we replace your missing teeth, or to schedule your appointment, give us a call at our office in Encinitas, CA today at 760-642-0711.