If you’ve been in an accident and lost several teeth, it’s important for you to get your smile back quickly. Healthy teeth and gums depend on you having all of your teeth and not just some of them. Not only will missing teeth make you less self confident, but they can do damage to your other teeth as well as your gums and jawbone if you don’t have them replaced quickly. Dr. Moore at Moore Family Dentistry recommends Las Vegas dental implants to anyone with missing teeth.
Restoring your teeth with Las Vegas dental implants is something you should consider doing very soon after you lose a tooth. If you’ve been in an accident and you’ve not only lost teeth but your roots were damaged, that’s when you need to have implants put in. First comes a titanium rod that’s surgically implanted through your gum and into your jawbone. After several months of healing, the dental crown can be made and placed on top of the implanted rod.
When the dental crown is made to go on top of the implant, it will be skillfully designed to not only match the color of your own teeth, but it will actually be made to look just like one of your teeth. That way you’ll have implants that will look so much like your natural teeth that nobody will know they’re not really yours.
There are several reasons to replace missing teeth. First of all, you don’t want your other teeth to move into the open spot. If your other teeth move out of position, you’ll end up with even more problems. Also, if you don’t replace a missing tooth you could end up compromising the integrity of your jawbone. Every time you chew you’re exercising your jawbone and keeping it in shape. If you have teeth missing and that part of your jawbone is not being used, it will lose its integrity and start to lose density.
If you have missing teeth, call Moore Family Dentistry at 702-791-1010 in Las Vegas or 702-254-6700 in Summerlin for an appointment to talk about Las Vegas dental implants.