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While most people have a better chance at preserving their healthy smiles for life thanks to advanced dental care, many still face the problem of tooth loss, or will at some point in the future. For patients in North Hollywood, CA, who do experience tooth loss, the void that’s left in their smiles can lead to a host of subsequent problems if not addressed as soon as possible. Fortunately, advanced dental implants can help them overcome those problems, successfully rebuild their smiles, and reduce their risks of losing even more teeth in the future.

Why tooth loss is still a concern

As dentistry has advanced, we’ve learned just how easily tooth loss can be prevented. For instance, it’s greatest risk factor – gum disease – can be prevented or controlled with excellent hygiene and routine dental care, which prevents the disease from costing you one or more teeth. However, for many patients, a combination of inadequate hygiene, infrequent dental care, and/ore neglecting to address gum disease can give the condition (and any other oral health concern) time to lead to tooth loss.

What dental implants do to address it

When you do lose one or more teeth, some of the most profound consequences stem from the loss of your teeth roots. Besides supporting the crowns of your teeth as you bite and chew, the roots also keep your jawbone well-nourished by stimulating it. Without this stimulation, your jawbone would gradually lose mass, density, and strength. With dental implants, however, you can successfully restore the stimulation and keep your jawbone from degrading.

Learn if Dental Implants Are Best for Addressing Tooth Loss

Tooth loss creates several different concerns for your oral health. With one or more dental implants, however, you can successfully address most of them. 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.

Your teeth are responsible for many things, from making your food digestible and enunciating your words to filling out your smile’s appearance. As such, the loss of a tooth may have several obvious impacts on the rest of your teeth’s ability to perform their duties. However, the things that can affect your risks of losing teeth aren’t always as obvious. For patients in North Hollywood, CA, understanding the many things that are related to tooth loss is often the best way to prevent or address it, and therefore, avoid the potential consequences of it.

The health of your periodontal tissues

Your periodontal tissues describe the gums that surround your teeth roots, and gum disease is the erosion of the tissues. When gum disease develops, it destroys the tissues and eventually reaches the jawbone structure underneath. The continued destruction of your gums and jawbone can cause you to lose one or more teeth before you can restore your good periodontal health.

The state of your tooth alignment

Like tooth loss, tooth misalignment (or malocclusion) can have obvious effects on your smile’s appearance. However, also like tooth loss, the most significant impacts are those that aren’t immediately noticeable. For example, crooked teeth significantly increase your risk of conditions like gum disease, as well as extreme tooth damage. Straightening crooked teeth can mitigate those risks, helping you preserve your smile as well as improve its appearance.

The previous loss of one or more teeth

Losing a tooth can make it seem like the fight to prevent tooth loss is over, but you can still prevent the rest of your teeth from being lost. By replacing the tooth with a dental implant, you can preserve the strength and integrity of your jawbone, which reduces your risks of developing periodontal disease and other tooth loss-causing conditions.

Learn How to Protect Your Smile from Tooth Loss

There’s a lot to know about tooth loss, but the most important thing is that you can protect your smile with consistent attention and care from your dentist. 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.

Patients who have lost teeth can usually regain the confidence and optimal oral health they used to enjoy by replacing them with lifelike prostheses. Even a single lost tooth can negatively affect that confidence, and if not replaced, it can have an increasingly worse impact on your remaining teeth and oral structures. Traditionally, many of those effects have been mitigated with the help of a custom-designed dental bridge. However, these days, more and more patients in and around North Hollywood, CA, are enjoying more comprehensive and long-lasting results with the help of dental implant-supported crowns, instead.

Traditional Single Tooth Replacement

A dental bridge’s purpose is to fill the space in your smile that your missing tooth has created. It accomplishes this with the help of a custom-designed, highly realistic replacement tooth (called a pontic). The replacement is supported by a pair of crowns that are bonded to the teeth nearest to the gap, or abutment teeth, and the crowns are also designed to blend in discreetly with your smile. Bridges are highly effective at restoring your bite’s function as well as reestablishing your smile’s healthy, natural appearance. However, they lack a few key characteristics that make them unable to completely reestablish your lost tooth’s vital functions.

How an Implant-Supported Crown Works

Instead of a traditional bridge that relies on crowns and abutment teeth, we often recommend replacing lost teeth with dental implant-supported prostheses. Implants are prosthetic posts that are inserted into the jawbone in place of lost teeth roots. For a single lost tooth, an implant post can be inserted and then topped with a realistic, custom-made dental crown. The implant post replaces the root of your lost tooth, which is vital to stimulating and preserving your jawbone. It also helps you avoid the need to modify your healthy remaining tooth structure, which means your teeth will remain stronger and healthier in the long run.

Replace Your Lost Tooth with a Lifelike Implant and Crown

Compared to the traditional dental bridges that patients used to rely on, a dental implant and crown can replace your lost tooth with better immediate and long-term results. For more information, or to find out if you qualify for a dental implant and crown, 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.

Ever since dental implants became routine solutions for replacing lost teeth, patients can rest easier knowing that they have a lifelike way to rebuild their smiles if they experience tooth loss. However, many people still mistakenly believe that tooth loss is inevitable, especially if older members of their family have experienced it. Today, we examine the most common reasons why people lose teeth, and how patients in North Hollywood can avoid it by addressing these issues early.

Severe gum disease

Gum disease, or periodontal disease, is the leading cause of adult tooth loss. That’s because as it progresses, the disease destroys the tissues and structures that your teeth rely on for support (i.e., gum tissues, periodontal ligaments, and jawbone). Fortunately, you can prevent gum disease or control it in its early stages with periodontal cleaning and a more effective hygiene routine.

Extensive tooth infection

Besides gum disease eroding your supportive structures, teeth becoming severely infected is another reason why they’re often lost. In many cases, the infection (known as tooth decay) is detected and treated long before the tooth is lost. However, in severe cases, or when a tooth is fractured enough to expose its nerves and tissues, internal decay can become serious enough to force the need for tooth extraction and replacement.

Emergencies and accidents

Even if you do a great job of keeping your teeth and gums and healthy, you might still experience tooth loss due to accidental trauma or a dental emergency. For instance, if your tooth is knocked out of its socket or too damaged to repair, then you might not be able to avoid tooth loss. However, you can rebuild your smile with a lifelike dental implant restoration to lower your risks of losing more teeth.

Find the Best Way to Replace Your Lost Teeth

Tooth loss may still be common, but the frequent causes behind it can usually be prevented with proper dental care and maintenance. 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 a tooth could be one of the biggest things to impact the appearance and long-term health of your smile. That’s because after losing a tooth, your oral structures and remaining natural teeth respond in ways that create even more complications. Fortunately, many people can address the majority of those concerns with a custom-designed bridge or denture. However, there are several more effects that can still make tooth loss a high-risk factor for the future of your smile. With the help of dental implants, patients in North Hollywood, CA, can often make tooth loss much less of a long-term problem.

Why Losing a Tooth Matters So Much

Modern bridges and partial/full dentures are designed with advanced materials (like porcelain) that are made specifically to mimic your healthy, natural tooth structure. They’re also strong enough to restore most of your bite’s function while restoring your smile’s full, healthy appearance. However, one of the biggest reasons why tooth loss is such a big deal is because of how the loss of your tooth root affects your smile. The roots of your teeth stimulate your jawbone when you bite and chew, which triggers your body to send it ample nutrients. Without these roots, or an appropriate number of prosthetic implant posts, your jawbone won’t receive enough nutrition to stay healthy and your risks of further tooth loss will only increase.

The Benefits of Dental Implants

This effect is why dental implants have become such an often-preferred solution to tooth loss of all magnitudes. Implant posts are made from biocompatible titanium that your jawbone heals to, making them permanent parts of your smile. Your dentist utilizes the posts to support your lifelike crown, bridge, or denture, depending on how many teeth you’ve lost, which restores more of your healthy bite’s vital functions.

Give Your Smile New Life with Dental Implants

Tooth loss could be devastating to your oral health, or it could be no big deal if you replace your lost teeth with one or more 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.

Given how often it occurs, it’s natural to assume that tooth loss is something you’ll have to deal with at some point in your life. The truth, though, is that tooth loss isn’t something that’s destined to happen. In fact, the most common causes of tooth loss are preventable, and even if you’ve already experienced it, you still have a good chance of preventing tooth loss from occurring again with the right care and maintenance. Today, we examine a few ways you can avoid tooth loss with help from your North Hollywood, CA, dentist.

Get better at dental hygiene

Dental hygiene seems simple, but it’s the most important thing you can do to prevent tooth loss. For example, the most common reasons for tooth loss – gum disease – is caused by excessive plaque and tartar buildup. The harmful oral bacteria that form these films continuously attack your gums, causing them to erode and pull away from your teeth. Better hygiene means a better chance at preventing gum disease, and therefore, a better chance at avoiding the tooth loss that could result from it.

Don’t grind your teeth

Besides gum disease, extensive tooth damage and infection (decay) are also common reasons for tooth loss and the need for tooth extraction. If you catch yourself grinding your teeth during the day, then make a conscious effort to stop. Placing the tip of your tongue between your upper and lower front teeth can help. However, if you suffer from bruxism, then you may need the assistance of a custom-designed oral appliance from your dentist.

Visit your dentist regularly

In addition to keeping up with good hygiene and preventing yourself from grinding your teeth together, protecting them also requires visiting your dentist regularly and following his instructions carefully. Regular cleanings ensure that your teeth and gums stay free of plaque and tartar, and routine checkups (dental examinations) will ensure that no issues are currently present that could cause trouble down the road.

Learn How You Can Prevent Tooth Loss

Tooth loss might still be common, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be prevented. To learn more about how you can prevent tooth loss, 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.

Most patients who lose teeth don’t hesitate for too long to replace them. With the advanced state of modern dental prostheses, including the highly lifelike porcelain that they’re often made of, patients can rebuild their smiles and, for the most part, forget that they lost one or more teeth. However, there are many things about tooth loss that you might not realize, including how it affects much more than just your smile’s appearance and why traditional prostheses can’t help you address all of those effects.

About Tooth Loss and Replacement

• Because every structure’s most important component is its foundation, the most important part of your tooth structure is its root. With modern bridges and dentures, you can replace all of the visible portions of your lost teeth, but not the loss of their vital foundations.
• Your jawbone relies on stimulation for your body to send it enough nutrients. When you lose a tooth, this stimulation decreases, which can lead to jawbone deterioration (shrinking). The only way to stop this deterioration is to replace your lost tooth/teeth with one or more dental implant posts, which support a crown, bridge, or denture to fully restore your smile.
• There are many benefits to replacing your lost teeth roots with dental implants, including the restoration of stimulation in your jawbone. For example, anchoring your prosthesis in place with posts that are implanted into your jawbone eliminates the risk of your replacement teeth shifting. It also helps reduce your risks of losing more teeth due to a shrinking jawbone.

Learn How to Rebuild Your Smile After Tooth Loss

If you can’t prevent tooth loss, then the next best thing is to rebuild your smile with one or more 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.

Tooth loss can often seem like it’s bound to happen, but like most dental issues, it can actually be prevented. In fact, thanks to advanced dental health care and treatments, many patients successfully avoid tooth loss altogether, preserving their healthy, natural teeth for life. For patients who avoid losing teeth, the secret is preventing the issues that lead to tooth loss – most notably, gum disease. By keeping your teeth and gums consistently healthy, addressing any dental issues that develop as soon as possible, and acting on your dentist’s recommendations, you have a good chance of preventing tooth loss, as well.

How Do Most People Lose Teeth?

Gum disease is the most common cause of tooth loss because the chronic condition gradually destroys the periodontal tissue and jawbone structure that support your teeth. The symptoms of gum disease are not always obvious without routine dental exams. Therefore, people who don’t stick to a regular schedule visits (or a good hygiene routine) are more likely to lose one or more teeth to gum disease or some other chronic dental condition.

What Are Your Risk Factors?

While gum disease may be your biggest risk factor for gum disease, it isn’t the only one. For instance, if you develop tooth decay or have a significant case of tooth misalignment, then the longer you wait to address the issue, the higher your chances will be of losing one or more teeth. If you’ve already lost a tooth, then the resulting changes to your bite can also raise your risks of tooth loss if not addressed as soon as possible.

Find Out How You Can Avoid Tooth Loss

Many people experience tooth loss to some degree in their lifetime, but not everyone has to. To learn how you can avoid tooth loss, 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.