When you are missing multiple teeth, life becomes challenging. Eating and chewing can be problematic, even painful while interacting with others can cause you to feel self-conscious. The good news is that there are excellent solutions for your smile with dental implants or dentures, but which is suitable for you? Read on to find out!
How a Denture Restores Your Smile
Traditional full or partial dentures are removable appliances designed to restore multiple missing teeth. Made of acrylic that is thoughtfully designed to complement your facial tone and restore its structure, a partial denture fills in the gaps left by multiple missing teeth, while a denture restores an entire arch.
Complete removable dentures rely on a snug fit, suction, and sometimes adhesives to stay in place, and there can be a learning curve as you're getting used to talking and eating with it. A partial denture uses metal clasps that attach to your healthy teeth to stay in place. The partial has acrylic teeth attached to fill the spaces in your smile so you can enjoy full chewing function and smile with ease again.
How Dental Implants Restore Your Smile
Dental implants replace both your tooth and its root. Our specialist carefully places your implant into your jawbone, where it's given time to heal and integrate. This process, called osseointegration, typically takes around three to six months to complete.
Once the implant is fully healed, a customized porcelain crown is ready to support your new tooth. We can also use a few strategically placed dental implants to support appliances like a bridge or denture. You can replace multiple missing teeth and enjoy the benefits dental implants in Corona provide.
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Dental Implants
Tooth implants offer several benefits that other replacement options don't, such as:
- The implant protects the health of your jawbone by keeping it stimulated and healthy.
- Implants provide the look, feel, and function of a natural tooth.
- They have a 95 percent success rate.
- They provide ease of care because you can brush and floss just as you were used to doing with your natural teeth.
- Implants have excellent longevity with the potential to last a lifetime.
Some of the downfalls of dental implants would be:
- They require a surgical procedure to complete.
- They cost more than other tooth replacement options.
If you're considering replacing all of your teeth with dental implants, this could impose a considerable expense that many patients can't take on. Using dental implants to support a denture or bridge, however, can be a more cost-effective option for patients because we only need two to four dental implants.
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Traditional Dentures
Removable dentures offer an excellent and affordable solution that immediately restores your smile and facial structure.
However, there are some downsides to dentures to consider:
- Without the proper fit, your denture may move or slip during eating and talking.
- Dentures need to be relined periodically to ensure a snug fit.
- Because dentures rely on your jawbone for support, they can cause bone deterioration.
Traditional dentures may be an excellent solution for patients who don't have the budget for dental implants or don't want to endure a surgical procedure for implant placement.
Enjoy the Best of Both Worlds
Implant dentures in Corona, CA, might be the best solution for patients missing a few or all of their teeth. Here's why.
Since replacing every tooth with a dental implant isn't cost-effective for every patient, an implant-supported denture may be the solution. In addition, our dentists can design an appliance, either a complete denture to replace all of your teeth or a partial denture to restore multiple missing teeth while still allowing you to retain several natural teeth.
Placing two to four dentures that your appliance will snap into can give you support and stabilization for your appliance, so there are no concerns about movement or slippage when you're talking or eating. Implant dentures also provide the added benefit of keeping your jawbone healthy and stimulated for regrowth, as a tooth root does, so there are no concerns with bone deterioration like you have with traditional removable dentures.
Combining dental implants and dentures while restoring your smile, chewing function, and confidence once again could possibly give you the best of both worlds.
What's the Best Option for You?
If you'd like to learn more about dental implants or dentures in Corona, CA, we encourage you to schedule an evaluation with one of our dentists at Dental Care of Corona. You can book your assessment online or call our team at (951) 268-9858 and talk with one of our friendly team members to schedule.