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Despite our advancements in dental health and technology, you still can’t grow back a lost permanent tooth. However, with today’s advanced dental prostheses, you can rebuild your smile with such comfortable and lifelike results that it doesn’t have to dramatically impact your quality of life. Whether you need to replace one, several, or all of your teeth, a custom-designed bridge or denture can mimic them with incredible precision. However, even today’s conventional bridges and dentures have limits in how much they can do for your smile, which is why it’s typically better to support them on dental implants rather than more traditional methods.

What Other Dental Prostheses Lack

The most lifelike aspect of modern dental prostheses is their appearance. Often made from realistic, highly customizable dental porcelain, bridges and dentures are the same color and texture as natural teeth. They’re even semi-translucent, so every time your prosthesis hits the light, it reflects it the same way as your healthy teeth do. The realism stops, though, when it comes to support. While your natural teeth are supported by sturdy roots held within your jawbone, dental prostheses often rely on methods like hidden clasps, adhesives, and abutment teeth for support.

What Dental Implants Add

The point of dental implant posts, which are small, root-like anchors made from titanium, is to replace the roots of your lost teeth and take over their functions. Implant posts are inserted into your jawbone, and over the course of 4-6 months, your jawbone fuses to their surfaces. This allows your dentist to support your dental prosthesis to the posts with as much stability as your natural teeth on their roots. Replacing your lost teeth roots also improves your long-term oral health by keeping your jawbone strong, healthy, and able to support the rest of your teeth.

Give Your Smile a Better Future with Dental Implants

With the support that dental implants give your crown, bridge, or denture, you can better preserve the rest of your oral health for life. To learn more, schedule a consultation by calling Cedar Dental in Cedar Rapids, IA, today at (319) 364-7108. We also welcome patients from Mount Vernon, Iowa City, Hiawatha, and all nearby communities.