Have you ever taken a book out of a bookshelf and watched the neighboring books slide and shift? Suddenly, the entire row of your bookshelf looks disheveled and misaligned! The same principle applies to your smile as you lose a tooth. Your mouth is a complex unit. When you lose a tooth, it sets off a ripple effect, causing neighboring teeth to shift out of alignment. That’s why, at our office, we combine Invisalign and mini dental implants to resolve complex cases where tooth loss leads to misalignment.
Why Combine Invisalign® and Mini Dental Implants?
Curious about the advantage of combining Invisalign® and mini dental implants?
Each tooth in your mouth acts as an anchor, providing key contact points that keep neighboring teeth upright. Your mouth naturally reinforces this structure as you bite down.
When you lose a tooth, you lose one of these pillars of support, which causes adjacent teeth to tilt and move out of place. As you chew with a newly missing tooth, the balance of your bite force is now altered, causing teeth to shift further. Once this chain reaction occurs, correcting a smile becomes more complicated.
But there’s a way to address this by combining two advanced, convenient dental solutions: Invisalign and a mini dental implant. These smile interventions are both improvements on older models.
Invisalign
Invisalign is a clear aligner that first went to market in 1997. It is a nearly undetectable way to provide orthodontic treatment, straightening teeth and realigning your smile while avoiding bulky, shiny braces. The plastic trays are custom-designed to fit your smile, and you only take them out to eat.
Mini Dental Implants
Mini dental implants have been around for over a decade. They are almost half the size of traditional dental implants. Plus, they are much easier and faster to place. To place a traditional implant, Dr. Magno needs to make a large incision in the gums. On the other hand, to place a mini implant, she only makes a small hole in the gums and gently guides the implant into place.
Dr. Magno immediately places a temporary crown after inserting the mini implant, so you’ll be able to chew and bite with a complete set of teeth right after. In a few weeks, you come back for your final permanent crown.
The two treatments are effective, easy ways to improve the appearance of your smile. But combined, they’re even more powerful, solving tricky cases where tooth loss contributes to misaligned teeth.
Invisalign & Mini Implant Case Study: One Patient’s Shifting Smile
One patient presented with a complex case. He had a front tooth pulled. By the time he came in for a mini implant consultation, his teeth had already started to shift toward the gap in his smile.
Dr. Magno knew that a dental implant could restore his missing tooth. But she realized that first, she needed to realign the teeth to make room for the mini implant replacement. Otherwise, the smile would look asymmetrical and wouldn’t give the most aesthetically pleasing results.
First, she needed to address the misalignment. By prescribing Invisalign, Dr. Magno corrected the position of the patient’s teeth, providing orthodontic treatment without bulky braces. The smile correction created sufficient space for a mini-implant and crown at the front of the patient’s smile.
Then, she replaced the missing tooth with a dental implant and a temporary crown. The patient was able to eat, chew, and smile normally the same day of his dental implant procedure. Finally, within a few weeks, he received his permanent tooth replacement.
This is just one example of how Dr. Magno can address complex dental problems by combining minimally invasive treatments like Invisalign and mini dental implants.
Call or Text To Schedule an Appointment Today
Missing teeth set off a chain reaction, causing neighboring teeth to shift out of alignment. But Invisalign, a barely visible orthodontic treatment, and a mini dental implant, a minimally invasive implant solution, work together to solve more complicated dental issues. Dr. Magno treated a patient who struggled with shifting teeth after an extraction by combining Invisalign with a mini dental implant. Ultimately, she restored the look and function of his smile through two minimally invasive interventions.
Dr. Magno is excited to combine advanced dental care to support you. No matter what unique interventions you need, she will find the best, least invasive way to treat you. Call or text 510-591-0091 to schedule an appointment today.
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