When you bite into a piece of steak, you expect to feel your teeth sink into the meat. However, people with loose dentures experience an entirely different feeling! After biting into their dinner, they’ll likely feel their denture base sliding around on their gums with every bite. In some cases, patients may even experience their dentures lifting from their gums, as the false teeth get stuck in their food! Regardless, loose dentures create major difficulties while eating, affecting both how you enjoy your meal and what you can eat. Floating dentures can make it painful, or even impossible, to chew certain tough, hard, or sticky foods. Fortunately, Dr. Magno at San Francisco East Bay Mini Dental Implants has a solution! Using dental implants, she secures your denture to your jawbone, providing you with a stable smile.
Why Dentures Loosen Over Time
Traditional dentures are custom-crafted to fit perfectly along your jaw. Unfortunately, this perfect fit will never last.
Natural teeth have important roots that stick below your gums, stimulating your jaw to keep it healthy and full. When you lose teeth, you lose stimulation, causing the gradual loss of bone mass and volume.
While your jawbone shrinks, your denture can’t shrink with it, creating ill-fitting dentures that slide around on your gums. Loose dentures cause a variety of issues that may negatively impact your overall quality of life, including:
Gum irritation: Gum tissue is soft, and the constant shifting of your dentures can easily irritate it. As your prosthetic moves around each time you chew or speak, it rubs against your gums, leading to painful sores.- Increased risk of infection: When your denture lifts from your gums, it allows food particles to slide underneath your restoration. If left there, they will accumulate bacteria and potentially spread infection and gum disease throughout your mouth.
- Difficulties chewing: A strong and stable bite is necessary to break down foods. With loose dentures, it becomes incredibly difficult to eat, and many patients end up altering their diets, potentially losing out on important nutrients.
But with dental implants, Dr. Magno can stabilize your denture and also replace your missing tooth roots! These titanium posts help keep your jawbone healthy while also anchoring your smile in place.
Stabilizing Your Loose Dentures
At San Francisco East Bay Mini Dental Implants, Dr. Magno uses mini dental implants to replace missing teeth. These small titanium posts are the sleeker version of conventional dental implants, allowing her to use a minimally invasive placement procedure!
During your initial consultation, Dr. Magno will assess your jawbone to determine the quality of your bone. In many cases, patients with missing teeth are ineligible for conventional implants, thanks to the bone loss they’ve undergone.
However, mini dental implants are small and require much less jawbone to stabilize. For patients like you in Emeryville, CA, Dr. Magno places mini implants without all the hassle, and in just one appointment!
She begins with a local anesthetic to numb your gums and jaw. Then she creates a tiny pilot hole in your bone and gently places the implant inside. Once in your bone, these implants will begin to integrate with your jaw, creating a strong connection. Using these implants as a foundation, Dr. Magno will secure your denture restoration to provide a strong and effective bite!
Enjoy the Effects of a Stable Smile
With your dentures securely on your jawbone, you can enjoy stability that mimics the strength of your natural teeth.
Implant dentures allow you to:
- Speak clearly: A stable smile provides a reliable way to communicate, as you have full use of your tongue and teeth. Rather than overcompensating for loose dentures and slurring their words, patients with implant dentures can speak and enunciate clearly.
- Smile confidently: With loose dentures, it’s common to experience your prosthetic slipping out of your mouth when you speak or laugh. This often causes patients to avoid smiling or engaging with others when in group settings, so they can forgo the embarrassment that loose dentures cause. Thankfully, a secure smile eases those fears, allowing you to grin with confidence.
- Chew effectively: A dental implant-supported denture restoration provides patients with a strong bite that effectively breaks down foods. With your stable smile, you can say goodbye to loose dentures and hello to all the foods you love!
Secure Loose Dentures With Mini Implants
When it comes to eating, you deserve to chew confidently, without worrying about potentially embarrassing mishaps. Fortunately, with implant dentures, you can! Using mini dental implants, Dr. Magno stabilizes loose dentures to secure your bite.
Book a consultation today to learn if you’re eligible to stabilize your smile with mini implants.
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