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Losing your smile to decay or gum disease can be devastating. It can cause you to withdraw from family and friends due to feeling embarrassed about your appearance. Your social and professional life can diminish due to loss of confidence and self-esteem. This is where dental implants come in. All four implant treatments can turn your life around completely by reconstructing your smile naturally. You can obtain all four implants for full mouth reconstruction at the Arnold Cutler DDS office in Lakeside, California.
Your teeth work best as a team. Even one missing tooth can impact your smile’s functionality and aesthetics. Implants are artificial tooth roots that support replacement teeth when natural teeth go missing. Implant dentures are the restoration of choice for replacing all your teeth using all four implant treatments. Dr. Cutler will place four implants into your jaw surgically to fuse with your bone tissue and heal. Once healed, the implants will provide a solid platform for rebuilding your smile. We’ll attach your dentures to the implants to keep your new teeth firmly in place when you talk, laugh, or chew.
Implants restore the totality of your smile by replacing both your teeth and their roots. Your smile will have all the attributes of real teeth – comfort, stability, and an authentic appearance. You also benefit from improved oral health as implants can:
Prevent bone loss: Your jawbone starts to atrophy after losing natural teeth, as no roots stimulate bone growth. By integrating with your bone tissue, implants prevent bone loss, strengthen your jaw structure, and re-establish proper jaw alignment to avoid tension and strain that can lead to TMJ pain.
Restore chewing power: Implants improve your chewing power to eat nutritious foods. By expanding your diet, implants enable you to get more nutritional value from your food – nutrients that contribute to stronger and healthier teeth. Chewing also increases saliva production in your mouth to keep acidic foods from harming your tooth enamel.
Improve oral hygiene: Tooth loss leaves gaps in your smile where food and debris can gather, and harmful bacteria can breed. This increases your risk of gum disease and cavities. By rebuilding your smile, implants make it easier to keep your mouth clean to avoid these problems.
Last a lifetime: Whereas traditional dentures and bridges need to be replaced periodically, titanium implants can last a lifetime. Good oral hygiene and regular checkups and cleanings by Dr. Cutler and our team can keep your implants going strong well into the future.
You can counter all manner of tooth loss issues with all-on-4 dental implants that look natural and function like real teeth. Contact Dr. Arnold Cutler in Lakeside, California, at (619) 815-3592 to learn more about this treatment.