Missing Teeth
When you lose a tooth, it can change more than your outward appearance. Your other teeth may shift, affecting your whole bite and making it more difficult to clean your teeth. Eventually, this can result in jaw pain, cavities, periodontal disease and bone loss.
To avoid these problems, it’s important to replace missing teeth as soon as possible. At Better Image Dentistry, we can replace missing teeth in three ways.
Dental implants are the most like your own natural teeth. These small titanium cylinders are surgically inserted into the bone of the jaw to replace the roots of missing teeth, so they do not depend on other teeth for support and retention.
Like dental implants, bridges are non-removable tooth replacements – but unlike implants, bridges rely on your other natural teeth for support and retention.
Partial dentures are removable tooth replacements that rely on other natural teeth for support and retention. Unlike implants or bridges, they can be removed for cleaning.
