Missing Teeth
MISSING OR FAILING TEETH
Don’t Loose your Smile To Failing Teeth And Get Started With Our Advanced Treatment Options.
Get It Back, And Much More
If you’ve lost teeth, or are about to have some extracted, you’re facing many new limitations. You might only be able to eat soft foods because eating anything else causes you discomfort. You might not be able to speak clearly and naturally. You can smile but the idea embarrasses you—especially if the missing teeth are in your smile zone. Your face may even take on a sunken, aged appearance if your tooth loss leads to bone recession.
There are many solutions to recover your smile, including dental bridges and dental implants, which offer the function and aesthetics of real teeth, jaw protection, and unequaled longevity. You may be surprised at how quickly you’re able to eat, speak, laugh, and smile again once your teeth are replaced by our team at Smyl Manatee. If you have failing or missing teeth in, reach out, we’ll help you find the tooth replacement solution you need for a complete, confident, and healthy smile.
Life With Missing Teeth
- A limited diet
- Speech difficulties
- Decreased self-confidence
- Jawbone loss
- Sunken facial appearance
Remedies For Missing Teeth
Dental Bridges 1
For one missing tooth or a series of missing teeth, dental bridges are frequently the first solution many patients think of. Dental bridges are made of a series of crowns that span the gap left behind by tooth loss. Requiring one or more adjacent teeth as the foundation of the bridge, called the abutment teeth, this solution requires that we remove some of the enamel of this tooth, or teeth, when placing your dental bridge. Once placed, this solution is aesthetic and prevents adjacent teeth from shifting.
2 Dentures And Partials
Dentures are a time-tested, economical solution to tooth loss. They fit over your gums and stay in place either through suction or adhesive creams but can also be removed. You can have full or partial dentures; full dentures cover entire arches of teeth, essentially replacing all your teeth while partial dentures take the place of a few missing teeth in a row or throughout an arch.
Implant Supported Dentures 3
For additional stability, dentures can be anchored in your jawbone by dental implants. Implant supported dentures won’t slip out of place or irritate your gums and offer healthy bone stimulation. They also enable you to eat a greater variety of foods than standard dentures do.
4 Dental Implants
The best overall tooth replacement option available today is dental implants. They are the most natural-looking solution that can also last decades with proper care. Dental implants can replace one tooth, multiple teeth, or a full arch of teeth. Comprised partly of artificial tooth roots, they protect your jawbone from deterioration and thus your facial shape from changing. What’s more, they allow you to eat anything you want—hard foods, sticky foods, chewy foods, and whatever your favorites might be.
Tooth Replacement Options At A Glance
Dental Bridges
- Fixed
- Last 5+ years
- Attached to abutment tooth/teeth
- Do not prevent jawbone loss
- Greater food choices
Dentures & Partials
- Removable
- Last 5+ years
- May require adhesives
- Do not prevent jawbone loss
- Limited food choices
Implant Supported Dentures
- Removable or fixed
- Last 10+ years
- Attached by implants
- Limit jawbone loss
- Greater food choices
Dental Implants
- Fixed for unmatched stability
- Last decades
- Attached by implants
- Prevent jawbone loss
- Unlimited food choices
