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Can Dental Implants Help By Securing Dentures?

Dentures can provide a full smile for someone who has suffered significant tooth loss. If you could benefit from the receipt of this kind of prosthetic, you can be excited to see how it restores your appearance, but you can also have questions about how you will adjust to its presence. Will it stay secure throughout the day? Can it offer bite support? Will it remain a good fit over time? One option that can help man people is the receipt of a hybrid denture. Instead of securing it with epoxies or natural suction, selectively placed dental implants are trusted to hold it in position. Your Shrewsbury/Grafton, MA dentist can help you understand what this treatment approach can do to make your prosthetic work more comfortable and more beneficial overall.

Implant Dentistry Can Help Those Who Are Affected By Significant Tooth Loss

Dental implants make it possible for us to secure permanent restorations to your jaw and offer more functional support from them. In some cases, a single implant is used to hold a crown in position and close a gap in a person’s smile. Hybrid dentures are full dentures held in place with a select number of implants. Typically, four to six will be used to make sure that a restoration remains secure. We can work with you to confirm you are a good candidate for this care and discuss what to expect from this treatment experience.

Planning The Placement Of Your Hybrid Denture

Before you move forward with this procedure, our practice provides a preliminary review to make sure that it is right for you. The placement does require oral surgery; during that procedure, the implants are set in carefully selected areas where teeth roots were previously contained. You will return to our practice to have your custom denture put in place. The security in this arrangement can make biting, chewing, and speaking with your prosthetic easier than you would have thought possible. It also helps to stimulate your jawbone and preserve its health; tooth loss that is not addressed with an implant-held restoration can lead to troubles with a loss in bone density over time.

Keeping Up With Your Oral Health Needs After Prosthetic Work

Whether you have a smile untouched by restorative work or a history of procedures to restore your dental health, you should keep up with routine exams and cleanings. This will be important after having your complete smile restored, as it will help you maintain your treatment results. At these appointments, we can protect your remaining natural teeth and take care to closely evaluate your prosthetic appliance and implants to make sure there are no problems.

Talk To Your Shrewsbury/Grafton, MA Dentist About Implant-Held Dentures

Through treatment with implant-held dentures, our practice can give you back a complete and confident smile! If you would like to find out more about how we can support you, please reach out to Modern Dentistry Of Shrewsbury at (508) 842-8838.