Different Options of Dental Implants for People with Missing Teeth

Many people miss all of the teeth in their upper and lower jaws. In addition, full and conventional partial dentures can be difficult to wear, making chewing challenging.

Luckily, the invention of implant technology and the discovery of implant dentistry have changed the way lost teeth are treated. Patients who wear dentures can now get their teeth back with dental implants. It helps enhance their quality of life by improving how they smile and chew.

What are Dental Implants

Dental implants are prostheses surgically fastened to your jawbone below the gums. These metal fixtures are onto which  can mount artificial teeth. The implants are anchored to the bone through osseointegration. It means the bone fuses to the metal. The process offers stable support you can rely on while speaking and eating.

Dental Implants Options for People with Multiple Missing Teeth

Whether you have a few teeth in a row or you’re missing a few teeth throughout your mouth, here are the best multiple tooth replacement options:

Implant-supported Bridge

An implant-supported bridge is a great option if several teeth are missing in a row. This type of implant doesn’t require an implant on each missing tooth. This is because the crowns are connected to form a bridge over the missing teeth. Implant-supported bridges allow for full chewing power and provide a stable foundation.

Our dental implant surgeons at Seascape Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry in Huntington Beach take great care to ensure the bridge matches the shape and appearance of the rest of your teeth in the mouth.

Multiple Individual Implants

Some patients prefer to have crowns and individual implants for each missing tooth. That applies even if all the missing teeth are in a row. Multiple individual implants are the most natural alternative to healthy teeth and allow you to floss.

Dental Bridge

A dental bridge that joins the artificial tooth to adjacent teeth may be good in certain cases. This case includes when the adjacent teeth need crowns and are already compromised.

Partial Denture

This denture uses clasps to hold onto healthy adjacent teeth to keep the denture in place. However, the clasps apply pressure on the natural teeth and underlying gums they hook onto. This weakens the jawbone, and adjacent teeth become loose, leading to additional tooth loss.

Partial dentures don’t provide a tooth root system that compromises the jaw bone’s integrity and lead to rapid bone deterioration. As a result, these dentures are the least expensive but come at a high cost to your oral health.

Replacing All Teeth

Those who need all the teeth in their mouth replaced also have options. But, again, you should work with a dental implant surgeon near you to figure out the best option for you.

Implant-supported, Fixed-in New teeth

Implant-supported, permanent, full-arch set of teeth is the strongest option for replacing all of your teeth. These implanted teeth feel, look and function just like your natural teeth. The benefit of implant-supported include:

• Increase chewing power
• Offers comfort to the patient
• It is a long-term solution

Implant-supported Denture

A series of implants can provide stability and hold a denture in place. Special attachments are placed on the underside of the denture and on top of the implants to make the denture snap into place easily. This makes it easy to remove the denture for cleaning. In addition, since the implants hold the implants in place, there’s no need for adhesives.

Is it Safe to Have Dental Implants on Multiple Teeth?

Dental implants are proven to be stronger than natural teeth. As such, one implant can support more than one tooth. Therefore, our dentists establish the fewest number of dental implants needed to keep the number of your missing teeth.

By lessening the number of implants, the cost per tooth will decrease to the benefit of our patients.

Getting Dental Implants from Seascape Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry

Our center of implant dentistry was established on a standard of excellence that is not found in every dental office. Our dentists in Huntington Beach have the highest level of education and training in teeth replacement with dental implants.

Our team offers the treatment requirements you need in a welcoming manner and environment to feel at ease.