Dental Implants...The BEST Alternative to Bridges

According to the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID), dental bridges are difficult to clean under, often are destroyed by tooth decay, and require replacement. The American Academy of Implant Dentistry is now recommending replacement with permanent dental implants. Bridges generally fail after five to 10 years because patients have trouble flossing them. Bridges connect missing tooth spaces to the adjacent teeth,therefore most patients find it very difficult to floss under the bridge. As a result, root surfaces below and around bridgework usually decay if not kept exceptionally clean by careful flossing. It is difficult to repair this marginal decay, so the entire bridge must be replaced. The cure of this problem for most patients are dental implants.

Dental implants are the best treatment alternative because they preserve the jaw bone, can be flossed like individual teeth, do not decay, and function just like natural teeth. Today, highly precise computer and CAT Scan guided dental implant surgery has made the procedure faster, highly predicable, long-lasting, and 98 to 99% successful. Anyone with one or more missing teeth who might consider having a bridge placed or replacing an existing bridge should stongly consider dental implants before getting treatment. At The Center For Oral & Facial Surgery in Anthem, Arizona, we give all our patients the option of implants to replace missing teeth.

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The Hidden Dangers of Missing Teeth & Dentures–The Helath Importance of Replacing Missing with Dental Implants

I am constantly amazed that many dentists (apparently) do not tell their patients what can and will happen when they lose teeth. Because of this realization I have decided to produce an educational forum on dental implants, and felt compelled to start with a section of the problems that patients are not aware of—and probably were not informed about. Personally, I think that all dentists have the LEGAL and MORAL obligation to tell people about these problems!

Issues such as:

1) The vast amount of bone loss that follows tooth loss and progresses over time
2) Facial wrinkles resulting from the atrophy of the facial muscles
3) Social embarrassment and fear of social situations
4) Inability to chew food properly contributing to nutritional problems, obesity, and diabetes
5) Perpetual and progressive inability to use full and partial dentures (also pain!)
6) Bone loss beneath convention bridges resulting in food impaction and increases gum disease on additional tooth loss
7) Decrease mobility
8) Increased incidence of neurological disorders from denture adhesives
9) Increased incidence of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Even pancreatic cancer!
10) Bite collapse of the back teeth resulting in more tooth loss, inability to chew food, and a “flaring out” or loss of the front teeth!

The list goes on and on with more health problems being discovered daily.