Albertville, AL
If you are missing more than one tooth, dental implants can provide you with a durable, comfortable, and convenient way of getting your teeth back. For decades, patients with multiple missing teeth would resort to dentures, partial dentures, or traditional dental bridges. The problem is that these options often do not provide patients with the results that they desire.
Dentures and partial dentures are a removable prosthesis. Patients often complain of an improper fit, which results in loose fitting dentures that tend not to stay in place. Denture adhesives are widely used among denture wears but this helpful adhesive is sticky, messy, and sometimes causes gum irritations.
For patients that have some healthy teeth remaining, on either side of the missing teeth, a dental bridge helps fill the space between their teeth. A dental bridge involves a single unit that appears to be separate teeth, that has crowns on each end. The crowns fit over the healthy teeth that are on either side of the space and are permanently attached to a prosthetic tooth (or teeth) that take the place of the missing tooth. The problem with a dental bridge is that we have to compromise healthy teeth so that the crown portion of the bridge can be affixed.
At Westlake Dental Arts we offer dental implants, which is an ideal solution to missing teeth. Whether one or all of your teeth are missing, dental implants can give you back your smile. Dental implants involve permanently placing a titanium rod into the jaw bone, at the site of your missing tooth. A small portion of the implants remains above the jawbone so that we can permanently attach a crown (for one missing tooth), or a specially made bridge (for multiple teeth). A dental implant bridge does not require any treatment to be done to your existing teeth. Instead, the dental bridge is attached to the implants.
If you are interested in this long-lasting alternative to get your smile back, contact Wall Street Dentistry today! We welcome patients of Boaz and Albertville, Alabama.