Can Dental Implants Improve My Appearance?

    ARDMORE, PA, August 01, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- If one or more missing teeth are detracting from the appearance of your smile, dental implants may be exactly what you have been looking for. When you lose a tooth, you also lose your tooth root. Dental implants act as a new tooth root to hold a customized dental restoration into place.

Restoring Your Natural Smile

Your replacement tooth will be shaped, sized, and colored to seamlessly match the rest of your surrounding teeth, helping it become a natural aesthetic part of your smile, as well as a highly functional new tooth.

If you have lost all or most of your teeth, dental implants can also be used to support and anchor dentures. The right tooth replacement method for you will depend on your specific needs.

Long-Term Benefits of Dental Implants

Dental implants can immediately improve the appearance of your smile, but they also offer several long-term benefits that should be noted. Your tooth root sends a signal to your body that bone is required to support your tooth. When you lose a tooth and its root, your body no longer receives this message and will begin to reabsorb the minerals that comprise the bone around the missing tooth for use in other parts of your body.

Tooth replacement options like dentures - which rest on top of your gums - or dental bridges, which support new teeth with "caps" attached to adjacent teeth, can both temporarily restore appearance to your smile. However, over time, your jawbone will simply be reabsorbed by your body, resulting in shrinkage or collapse of the jaw.

In contrast, dental implants act as a new tooth root and continue to provide the signal that bone is necessary around your restoration. Due to this, dental implants prevent jaw collapse and ensure that your facial structure remains as is. Only dental implants offer this long-term benefit, making them the most effective solution for the lifelong function and appearance of your smile.

If you are missing one or more teeth and live in the Ardmore, Pennsylvania area, please visit the website of implant dentist Lindsey Marshall, DMD for more information about the benefits of dental implants at www.lindseymarshall.com.

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