Dental Implants for Lawrenceville and Beyond
Is a Bright and Confident Smile on Your Holiday Wish List? If you have missing teeth, you have an important decision to make; but choosing a tooth replacement method can be confusing. Your first consideration, however, should be determining the method that is best for your long term dental health. For most patients, that method is dental implants. Dental implants do more than just replace your missing teeth, they also replace and preserve your tooth roots and jaw bone. When you lose a tooth, your facial structure begins to diminish. Surrounding each of your teeth is an alveolar bone that supports the tooth, but when the tooth is lost, this bone disintegrates. This bone loss will occur very rapidly because the root is no longer stimulating and stabilizing the jawbone. That’s why patients who choose not to replace their missing teeth, and long-term denture wearers, appear to have a caved-in facial appearance. Besides aging you prematurely, loss teeth also compromise your remaining healthy teeth. They create esthetic and periodontal issues and bite misalignment. If several teeth are lost, and not replaced, it’s also common for patients to suffer from social consequences and poor health. To prevent these consequences, Dr. Carter now recommends dental implants, same-day dental implants, and implant supported dentures to Lawrenceville tooth replacement patients.