Are you looking for a permanent solution to replace your missing teeth? At Novudentics in Royal Palm Beach, FL, we specialize in providing high-quality dental implants to help you restore your smile and improve your overall oral health.
Why Is It Important to Replace Missing Teeth With Implants?
Missing teeth can have aesthetic, functional, and psychological implications for patients. Each tooth provides support to adjacent teeth, maintaining arch integrity and supporting your occlusion. Losing a tooth can cause adjacent or opposing teeth to shift out of position.
Your natural teeth are anchored within the underlying bone tissue, stimulating the bone when you chew. Losing one or more teeth means losing that stimulation as well as the occlusal awareness, known as proprioception. In response, your bone may slowly resorb, weakening the support of the remaining teeth.
More About Dental Implants We Use
Dental implants are a permanent solution for replacing missing teeth. Individual dental implants can replace one tooth, while multiple implants (four or more, depending on the patient’s underlying bone, age, medical history, etc.) can be a viable option to replace an entire arch of missing teeth.
Implants consist of three main parts:
- A titanium post that replaces the root portion of the tooth
- An artificial crown made of porcelain that replaces the visible portion of the tooth above the gum line
- An abutment that connects the first two parts, providing stability for the final restoration
All-on-4 and similar protocols use implants to secure an entire arch of artificial prosthesis. This is an alternative to traditional dental implant restorations and is a good option for people who lack sufficient bone tissue or prefer to avoid extra surgical procedures to regenerate missing bone.
What are the steps involved in getting dental implants in Royal Palm Beach, FL?
At Novudentics, our team has extensive experience and postgraduate training in implant therapy and other prosthodontic treatments. The process begins with advanced digital imaging to evaluate the structure of your teeth and surrounding bone tissue. Our state-of-the-art dental software creates an individualized treatment plan designed just for you, based on precision and respect for oral anatomic features.
On the day of your procedure, local anesthesia ensures you remain comfortable as your dentist makes an incision in your gums to access the underlying bone. A small pilot hole guides the implant placement before your dentist carefully closes your gum tissue. The procedure is fast and seamless, with minimal postoperative discomfort.
A period of healing follows, allowing your bone tissue to fuse to the implanted post through a process called osseointegration. This makes dental implants a permanent foundation for the upcoming restoration.
After several weeks of healing, you return to our office to have your crown attached to the post, completing the implant process. In the case of multiple implants, the process is similar, with the restoration replacing more or all of the teeth in the arch.
If you would like more information about dental implants in Royal Palm Beach, FL, call Novudentics to schedule a visit or book an appointment online today.