When you are suffering from major tooth loss, either at the point of being edentulous or approaching it, there are several choices that you might consider for treatment.
Among the most popular are dentures and dental implants. Both provide the patient with replacement teeth, though the two are distinctly different. What are the differences are similarities between implants & dentures?
Dentures are a treatment in which an acrylic base is custom made in a dental lab to fit over your gums. Meaning the teeth are not fixed.
However, they are fully functional, help you to chew and speak and look like natural teeth. All remaining teeth are first extracted. An immediate denture is placed straight away following extraction, and the gums are allowed to heal around it.
Dental implants are fixed and permanent replacement teeth. The implants are a titanium screw-like solution which are fixed in where the root of your teeth would be. They fuse with the bone in your jaw effectively creating a new structure for your teeth.
A frame is then fitted to the implants, giving support to the jaw and the replacement teeth are set permanently to the structure. The replacement teeth are still manufactured in a laboratory according to your own measurements.
Simple single tooth dental implants are available, as well as multiple tooth and full arch implants. The Teeth In One Day dental implant treatment gives patients a full arch of teeth with only 4 implants.
The outcome in any respect, is replacement teeth that look and feel completely natural and perform well; allowing you to eat, speak, and smile with confidence.
Some of the differences between dentures and implants should by now be clear; the two are very different even though they provide an answer to the same problem. The table below provides a comparison:
The comparisons above should give you some idea of whether you want dentures or dental implants, but there really is no right or wrong answer. Both provide you with an excellent solution that will give you high quality replacement teeth, and boost your confidence as well as your ability to eat and talk.
In this respect both serve to boost the quality of your life dramatically.
Your dentist or prosthodontist can help you to understand more about these options, and how they apply to you. Following their advice, along with your own feelings, you can decide on the best course of action to grant yourself the gift of new teeth.
At OneSolution® Dental Implant Centers we offer both dentures and dental implants, and can help you to know which is best with a free consultation. Contact us today if you are suffering from tooth loss, and want to know more.
