When you have lost all of your natural teeth, or at least the vast majority of them, then your smile could be weakened significantly. Without treatment, this could mean issues with your quality of life. In today’s blog, your Richfield, MN, dentist talks about restoring bites with a complete set of dentures, so you can eat your favorite foods and make a great first impression when meeting someone new!
Tackling Total Tooth Loss
You could lose your natural teeth to injuries, cavities, or even untreated dental infections. But in most situations, the cause is linked to periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease. Losing your teeth means issues eating your favorite foods, complications with your ability to speak clearly, and as we touched on above, wreaked jawbone structure. This weakened structure could lead to issues with your appearance, causing you to appear much older. But we can provide dentures to help restore your smile to full function and appearance again!
Creating Custom Dentures
To begin, we will examine your smile and may conduct gentle tooth extractions to remove the last few teeth. We then take detailed digital images and impressions of your bite, which we use in a lab setting to design and fabricate your custom dentures. The prosthetic will contain a complete row of new teeth. Made from ceramic, these will be shaded to offer a lifelike appearance, and they also provide a durable chewing surface too. The teeth will be set in an acrylic base that mimics the appearance of gum tissue.
How We Secure Your New Prosthetic
With a traditional set of dentures, we will use suction or adhesives to keep your new teeth in place each day. You then remove them at night for cleaning and soaking, and they last about 5 to 10 years, requiring replacement as the jaw ridge changes shape. We could also discuss dental implants, which are inserted into the jawbone and provide new roots to attach the prosthetics to. The body accepts these implant posts as roots, which keeps the jawbone intact and allows your new teeth to stay in place for much longer periods.
If you have any questions about taking on your missing teeth, or which kinds of prosthetics you may benefit from, then please reach out to our team today. We don’t want to see your bite function and oral health suffer, impacting your overall quality of life. Instead, we want to help with a full and custom set of dentures, so you can feel great when you smile!
Schedule Your Visit to Receive a Dental Prosthetic
We want to provide treatment to address major tooth loss, including total tooth loss. To learn more about tackling advanced tooth loss, call Cedar West Dental in Richfield, MN, today at 612) 861-7188.
