Tooth Loss

Taking care of your smile is a lifelong endeavor. From the moment your first tooth arrives, oral bacteria and germs are attempting to wreak havoc. As such, it is important to take strides to protect your smile and your health in every way that you can. Still, this does not mean that other issues might not pop up that require a bit more attention than at-home care can provide. In today’s blog, your North Hollywood, CA dentist explains how your structural health is influenced by wisdom teeth development, as well as how our team can help.

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Preventive dentistry has long taken the lead on keeping your smile strong and healthy. Indeed, protection against the myriad of dental threats that are out there is necessary to maintaining a grin for life. For some, however, a number of different circumstances or situations can end up leading to the need to extract a tooth for safety. In cases like these, however, replacement is imperative to function. In today’s blog, your North Hollywood, CA dentist takes a look at the need for dental implants, and how guided treatment increase chances of success.

The Importance of Function

Whether you are aware of it or not, your oral structures work together as a system to help you achieve daily tasks and activities. For instance, biting, chewing, and even enunciation are all made possible by the relationship between the gums, jaw, teeth, tongue, and lips.

When it comes to function, your teeth play a major role. The crown helps us to bite and chew, while the root creates a secure connection with the jaw in order to help your crowns absorb the pressure of your bite without falter. That being said, roots are very important to function.

When a structure is gone, however, there is no longer a root to stimulate the jaw, leading to degradation and diminished health as well as function. That is where dental implants come in to help, however, as their biocompatible posts act, in a way, like an artificial root. To learn more about this process, feel free to contact our office today.

Mapping Out Your Procedure

The important factor in successful implant treatment involves its overall placement. After all, if a post were placed sub-optimally or even slightly misaligned, it could lead to posts coming loose down the line. It could also lead to increased chances of infection, as it is more difficult to keep teeth clean when they jut out at different angles.

To aid in this process and help us ensure optimal placement, we can utilize computed tomography (CT) scanning. This process involves generating a 3D render of your smile through combination of several x-rays taken from different angles. This allows us to gain a better view and understanding of your needs so that we can ensure the best course for moving forward. For more information, reach out to our team today.

Highly-Precise Placement

Placement is key when it comes to your treatment, and we believe in taking the extra step to digitally map it out to ensure success. We recognize that everyone has different needs, and a one-size-fits-all approach simply will not cut it.

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Contact Modern Smiles in North Hollywood, CA by calling 818-763-9353 to learn more about the benefits of CT scanning in implant dentistry and schedule your appointment with our team today.

Losing a tooth as an adult can be the result of a number of circumstances. Whether it was knocked out due to a physical injury, lost to infection in the gums, or even from enduring structural damage through teeth grinding that weakened the tooth, the typical causes of loss usually have to do with infection or decay, primarily from oral bacteria. Once it has been extracted, you may believe your worries are over. On the contrary, a number of concerns can actually arise from a gap in your grin. In today’s blog, your North Hollywood, CA dentist will address the need to replace a missing tooth and how a custom dental implant can benefit you.

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Adult tooth loss can be a frightening experience caused by several different factors, including diet, hygiene, and diseases such as gum disease. It can result from teeth falling out due to periodontal disease or physical accident, and can even result in needing a tooth extraction to preserve the health of your other teeth. Once the problem oral structure is removed from the picture, however, it is important to note the slew of negative effects associated with failing to replace it. At Modern Smiles in North Hollywood, California, we recognize that tooth loss can be a difficult subject, and encourage our patients to learn about the benefits of replacing lost teeth.

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The ultimate goal of most dental health treatments is to help you prevent tooth loss. From routine preventive care to custom-designed restorations for compromised teeth, the goal is usually to help you preserve all of your healthy, natural teeth for life. Even if you do experience tooth loss, part of the importance of replacing lost teeth is to help you restore your good oral health and preserve the healthy, natural teeth that still remain. Today, we explore why tooth loss is such a big problem, and why addressing it as soon as possible is the best thing you can do for your long-term oral health.

The loss is permanent

It seems obvious that losing an adult tooth is permanent. The tooth won’t grow itself back, and the only way to restore your smile is to replace the lost tooth. However, the impacts of losing the tooth may be permanent, as well. For instance, once the root of the tooth is gone, the jawbone structure that supported it can start to lose mass and density. This is not only permanent, but can also have a lasting impact on your oral health by raising your risks of losing more teeth.

It changes your bite function

Losing a tooth root isn’t the only serious aspect of tooth loss. The visible part of the tooth, which is called the tooth’s crown, plays important roles in your bite function, as well. When the tooth is lost, the balance of your bite in that area of your mouth can be disrupted. This can change how your bite distributes pressure whenever you bite and chew, putting some teeth under more pressure and stress than they can withstand. One or more teeth may become damaged, and over time, the problem might also lead to bite dysfunctions such as TMJ disorder.

It makes your other teeth vulnerable

Losing a tooth means that the teeth closest to it lose a part of the structural support that gives them their stability. This can lead to issues such as the nearest teeth shifting out of place and toward the gap in your smile, or the teeth becoming more vulnerable to damage or developing decay. Addressing this and other concerns related to tooth loss requires replacing the tooth as soon as possible with the right custom-designed dental restoration.

Learn more about the problem of tooth loss

Tooth loss can become a huge problem for your oral health, and lead to several additional problems, if it isn’t addressed promptly. To learn more, schedule a consultation by calling Modern Smile in North Hollywood, CA, today at 818-763-9353. We also proudly serve patients who live in Burbank, Toluca Lake, and all surrounding communities.

Any form of dental treatment you receive is based on what your smile and oral health need at the moment. Most frequently, that involves routine preventive care to help you avoid most common dental concerns. Sometimes, it means actively addressing a problem that compromises your oral health and managing it before it gets worse. When it comes to treating tooth loss, however, your smile may need more than what’s immediately obvious in order to regain its health and integrity. Because of this, dental implants are often the preferable solution for addressing it.

A healthier foundation

Your smile’s foundation is impacted in a few different ways when you experience tooth loss. One of the more immediate ways is the manner in which your remaining teeth react to the loss, such as shifting and changing your bite’s overall balance. Another consequence is the impact that losing the tooth’s root will have on your jawbone structure. After the root is lost, the bone structure in that area will resorb, and the lack of stimulation will cause it to lose mass and density. To restore your smile and preserve the rest of your natural teeth, your restoration will perform better with the help of dental implant posts to replace your lost teeth roots.

A lifelike replacement for lost teeth

The visible part of your dental implant restoration, such as a dental crown, bridge, or denture, plays an equally important role in providing your smile with adequate support after tooth loss. Your restoration will have to be carefully designed to replicate the size, shape, and contour of your healthy tooth structure, which improves your smile’s appearance as well as your restoration’s ability to restore your bite’s balance. With the addition of one or more implant posts, your lifelike restoration can closely replicate the root-and-crown structures of your lost tooth or teeth.

A system of root-like supportive anchors

The support that dental implants create for your custom restoration can be felt almost immediately. When anchored in place, your restoration won’t shift and can feel more like your healthy, natural teeth. This also helps you avoid the need for traditional supportive systems, such as dental crowns to support a dental bridge or adhesives to support a full denture.

Learn how to rebuild your smile

After you lose one or more teeth, your smile needs a few specific things from your restoration in order to remain strong and healthy for life. To learn more, schedule a consultation by calling Modern Smile in North Hollywood, CA, today at 818-763-9353. We also proudly serve patients who live in Burbank, Toluca Lake, and all surrounding communities.

Although tooth loss can sometimes seem like the kind of thing that everyone experiences as they grow older, the truth is that it isn’t always inevitable. For many people who experience it, tooth loss is something that results from something else, such as a severe oral health condition like gum disease. On one hand, this means that many people miss the chance to prevent tooth loss, and preserving their smile means taking their oral health more seriously from now on. On the other hand, it means that, if you haven’t a lost a tooth yet, you have a good chance of preventing it still if you pay heed to your risks of it. (more…)

Any oral health concern is a problem if it isn’t addressed promptly, but of the many different conditions that could potentially affect your smile, tooth loss can be one of the most significant ones. If a tooth is damaged, then the right restoration can repair it and help you preserve the remaining healthy tooth structure. Yet, if a tooth is lost, then restoring your smile will require replacing as much of the tooth’s structure as possible, including the root that supported it. For many people who lose one or more teeth, dental implants can work to completely rebuild their smiles by reestablishing the many different functions that healthy teeth roots are responsible for.

Mimicking healthy, natural tooth structures

Tooth loss impacts nearly every aspect of your oral health, from your smile’s appearance to the overall balance of your bite, and much more. The only effective way to address these impacts is to replace the tooth with a restoration that mimics its healthy structure as closely as possible. This often includes replacing the root that supported the lost tooth’s crown, which is only possible with a dental implant post. By closely replicating a healthy, natural tooth root, a dental implant post can give your tooth replacement a more lifelike level of support.

Restoring a bite’s full functionality

Mimicking your tooth’s natural tooth structure, including its root, is the best way to reestablish your bite’s ability to function properly. This function relies heavily on your dental ridges being filled with healthy, natural teeth, or lifelike replacements that closely mimic them. With the support of dental implants, your restoration is able to absorb more of your bite’s pressure, making for a more stable restoration when you bite, chew, speak, and smile. Replacing your lost tooth’s root is also vital to preserving the health and integrity of your jawbone structure, which serves as the foundation of your smile.

Benefiting most tooth loss patients

For dental implants to work successfully, they have to become part of your jawbone’s structure after they’ve been placed. This is possible due to the high biocompatibility of dental implant posts, which are often crafted from titanium and designed for your jawbone structure to integrate with their surfaces as it heals. Because every dental implant post is placed individually, they can be utilized to rebuild smiles that experience nearly any level of tooth loss, from replacing a single lost tooth to rebuilding an entire dental ridge with a complete, implant-supported denture.

Learn how dental implants can rebuild your smile

After experiencing tooth loss, many people can more effectively rebuild their smiles with the help of dental implants. For more information, schedule a consultation by calling Modern Smile in North Hollywood, CA, today at 818-763-9353. We also proudly serve patients who live in Burbank, Toluca Lake, and all surrounding communities.

Losing one or more teeth results in a few obvious consequences. For instance, your smile’s appearance will likely be affected, though how much depends on the location of your tooth. However, there are also several things that result from tooth loss that aren’t as immediately obvious. For instance, without a tooth root where it’s supposed to be, the health of your jawbone can suffer and make you more prone to tooth loss in the future.

Your other teeth respond poorly

Your teeth look more appealing when you have all of them, but having a full row of teeth is about more than just cosmetics. Your teeth rely on each other for support as you bite and chew every day. With one or more of them gone, the others can shift out of place as they try to accommodate the change in your bite pressure.

Daily tasks become more difficult

A less-than-full row of teeth can also make things like biting and chewing your food more difficult. Over time, this can affect your overall health by causing you to consume less nutrition. In addition, missing teeth can make it more difficult to enunciate your words clearly as you speak, which can have several negative impacts on your social and professional life.

Your jawbone starts to shrink

The part of your tooth that you can’t see – the root – is as vital to your oral health as it is to the tooth that it supports. When you bite and chew, the stimulated root signals your body to send your jawbone ample nutrients. The loss of the root results in a drop in stimulation and a resulting drop in nutrients that can result in your jawbone gradually losing mass and density.

Learn How to Handle Tooth Loss

There’s more to losing teeth than you might realize, though you can do more to save your smile by replacing them with lifelike dental implants. For more information, schedule a consultation by calling Modern Smile in North Hollywood, CA, today at 818-763-9353. We also proudly serve patients who live in Burbank, Toluca Lake, and all surrounding communities.

At some point, nearly 60% of adults will lose one or more teeth for a number of different reasons. Because it’s so common, many people believe that they’re destined to lose teeth eventually. However, it doesn’t have to. Tooth loss may be a frequent problem, but in most cases, it can be prevented with proper care and maintenance from the dentist. Today, we show patients in North Hollywood, CA, how to boost their chances of preventing tooth loss by improving certain aspects of their dental health and hygiene routines.

Take everyday hygiene seriously

Most people know that they should take their hygiene routine seriously, but not everyone sticks to that routine. Missing a beat can lead to over accumulation of harmful oracteria, which lead to issues such as gum disease (the lead cause of adult tooth loss). Consistently good hygiene helps control this bacteria buildup, and therefore, your risks of losing teeth due to gum disease.

Know what your risks are

Besides oral bacteria and the dental diseases they can cause, other risk factors for tooth loss include improper bite alignment, a tendency to grind your teeth consistently (bruxism), and other conditions that could threaten the integrity of your teeth. Keeping up with regular preventive dental visits will give your dentist the chance to thoroughly assess your specific risks of tooth loss and address them to preserve your smile.

Team up with your dentist

Once you know your risks, you and your dentist can team up to keep them under control and mitigate the threat of tooth loss. For example, if you develop gum disease, then a consistent schedule of periodontal cleaning and maintenance can help you control it before it causes enough damage to lead to tooth loss.

Learn How to Lower Your Risks of Losing Teeth

Tooth loss is common because there are many different factors that contribute to your risks. By understanding these factors, however, you can significantly improve your chances of preventing it. For more information, schedule a consultation by calling Modern Smile in North Hollywood, CA, today at 818-763-9353. We also proudly serve patients who live in Burbank, Toluca Lake, and all surrounding communities.