It is important to complete a smile after tooth loss, both to improve the cosmetic appeal and the function of one’s smile. That said, it is also important to complete a smile in order to prevent alignment problems for remaining teeth, which often try to shift in order to fill created gaps.
Of course, even if you have an existing prostheses, that doesn’t mean that you have to settle for an ill-fitting or worse, uncomfortable, one. Many patients choose to update their prostheses to dental implants, in order to enjoy the added security and confidence that can come from such a stable choice of dental prostheses.
Dental implants are the only form of prostheses that help to replace both a lost tooth and its root, making for more complete smile restoration. This is helpful in both the ability to stabilize the replacement tooth, but also because of the benefits this mimic root is able to provide to the jaw.
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