Sports Injury | Dental Implant Treatment | Partial Denture

If you have recently lost one or more teeth due to a sports injury then you are probably looking at ways to replace missing teeth as soon as possible. Choices include a partial denture or a bridge, or for those interested in the very best technology there is dental implant treatment. So what are the pros and cons of each choice?

Replace Missing Teeth with Partial Bridges

A partial Bridges are very quick in comparison to dental implant treatment, easy and inexpensive way to replace missing teeth. The replacement acrylic teeth are attached to an acrylic gum colored plate that is likely to be strengthened with chrome cobalt alloy. This helps to create a lightweight yet strong restoration that will be held in place using metal clips that fit around your existing teeth. Treatment is very non-invasive, but there are a number of problems in choosing this option.

For a start, your teeth will be removable and you will need to take out your denture whenever you sleep to give your gums a chance to recover and you will need to take it out for cleaning. Having clasps fitted around your existing teeth can place these teeth under additional stress and it’s quite possible they may need to be adapted slightly to get the clasps to fit properly. Another option is to have special attachments that fit onto crowns over your existing teeth, but again this does require potentially healthy teeth to be substantially modified and cut down. Additionally, dentures can restrict your food choices as very hard or sticky foods could damage the denture.

What are Dental Crowns and Tooth Bridges?

Bridges are supported by crowns that fit over your existing teeth and these are attached to the replacement tooth or teeth. The resulting restoration is permanently cemented into place and can look pretty good. This might be a worthwhile option to replace missing teeth if the existing teeth adjacent to the gap could do with crowning, but otherwise you could be cutting down potentially healthy teeth and with dental crowns there is always the risk that they could leak at a later date, exposing these teeth to infection and decay.

How Dental Implant Treatment Can Improve Your Smile?

Dental implants of the most advanced way to replace teeth and are becoming increasingly common. Here at Manhattan Periodontics & Implant Surgery, we specialize in placing dental implants and can make sure that you get the most suitable dental implants treatment for your needs. The great thing about dental implants is that they are self-supporting so there is no need for our periodontist, Dr. Navid Rahmani to cut down healthy teeth or to change them in any way. Additionally your dental implant treatment will help preserve your jawbone which is extremely important for oral health.

Dental implant treatment might take a little while longer to complete but you should be enjoying the results for many years to come and potentially for life. Dr. Rahmani takes enormous care in planning dental implant procedures so you will get the very best treatment resulting in teeth that look and feel incredibly natural. Of course after treatment is completed, we do recommend that you wear a sports mouthguard to protect your new teeth.

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