This four-part series presents nine important facts about removable dentures (or false teeth) with the aim of exposing the flaws and inconveniences of this technology as a solution to edentulism and near-edentulism.
Welcome back to our four-part article series on NYC dental implants. In the first installment, we provided an introduction to the topic by looking at what NYC dental implants are and why, very briefly, they constitute a much smarter and long-term investment in one’s oral health than removable dentures, or false teeth as they are colloquially known. In this article, the second installment, we shall take a look at the first three important things you need to know about dentures before you choose them as your tooth replacement technology. By understanding the challenges, disadvantages and additional costs that go hand-in-hand with this inferior dental technology, we can help you make the smartest possible investment in your long term oral health, bite functionality, smile aesthetics and overall quality of life.
NYC Dental Implants and Dentures: What You Need to Know # 1
When teeth are lost and left without replacement, the underlying jaw bone atrophies and shrinks. Without the tooth roots to provide this hard tissue with the ‘exercise’ or stimulation it needs to stay alive and healthy, it wastes away and this remodeling of the jaw bone:
- Causes significant changes to the natural contours of the face. The loss of bone tissue in the jaw results in a sunken and aged appearance around the mouth.
- Causes dentures that once fit snugly to become loose and uncomfortable, necessitating refitting every few years or so. People often complain about the cost of NYC dental implants. But if you factor into account the repeated need to have dentures remade, you’ll actually find NYC dental implants to be the smarter investment!
- The loss of bone volume in the jaw can eventually become so advanced that it renders treatment success of any kind doubtful; even NYC dental implants.
How NYC Dental Implants Differ:These ingenious dental devices not only help top replace the crowns of the teeth, but the tooth roots as well and this makes all the difference. By keeping this hard tissue stimulated, NYC dental implants prevent premature aging of the facial contours and all the oral problems that are associated with deteriorated jaw bone health.
NYC Dental Implants and Dentures: What You Need to Know # 2
If 10 people have removable dentures fitted, at the end of a five-year period, only four of those people will still be wearing their original dentures. The rest will have had to:
– Have their dentures refitted due to changing shape of the jaw bone,
– Had their dentures remade due to wear-and-tear,
– Had their dentures replaced with a more sophisticated teeth replacement technology, such as NYC dental implants
This doesn’t say very much about value, longevity and utility does it? Only 40% of patients will still be wearing their original set of dentures after five years. So many patients opt for removable dentures over NYC dental implants because they consider them to be cheaper and therefore better value. When you consider the much shorter lifespan of dentures and all their associated challenges and repeated costs, nothing could be further than the truth.
How NYC Dental Implants Differ:They offer a stable and long-lasting solution to missing teeth. NYC dental implants seldom require replacing over the course of their typical 20 to 30 year lifespan (or longer!)
NYC Dental Implants and Dentures: What You Need to Know # 3
50% of the patients who wear removable dentures say that they are able to eat better and more comfortably without them! This is one of the most important functions of any tooth replacement solution and if dentures fail to help half of all edentulous (toothless) and near-edentulous patients, then they are simply not a feasible solution.
How NYC Dental Implants Differ: Dental implants are supported entirely by the jaw bone, as is the case with your natural teeth. This enables them to facilitate a strong bite force comfortably and without damaging the neighboring teeth or underlying soft tissue.
NYC Dental Implants: Stay Tuned
Stay tuned for the third installment of this four-part article series to find out more important facts about removable dentures and NYC dental implants.