When you lose your teeth and time elapses before you receive replacement, this can weaken your smile and lead to an older appearance. This could also make placing dental implants a difficult process. But your Dallas, TX, dentist talks about how we strengthen the smile with jawbone grafting and sinus lifts to make smiles ready for dental implant placement!
Tooth Loss and a Weakened Jawbone
What happens when we lose natural teeth? The body will notice the lost root and no longer send regular doses of calcium and phosphorus to the area around the missing root. Without these nutrients, the bone tissue is starved of nutrients and the body resorbs it. This loss of mass and density means the risk of further tooth loss increases, and that the person could also develop a prematurely aged appearance. Over time, the jaw could be so weakened that there isn’t enough structure to support dental implant posts, limiting your tooth replacement options. But we can help strengthen the smile with a ridge augmentation, also known as jawbone grafting.
The Bone Grafting Procedure
The grafting procedure is done for the lower jaw. We will plan the procedure in detail with digital x-rays and intraoral camera images, and then offer anesthesia and sedation to ensure you are comfortable as we apply new tissues to the weakened portions of your lower jaw. We could use synthetic or donor tissues, or take bone from your hip, knee, or the rear of your jaw. This stimulates the growth of bone around these tissues, and provides a new base that can support our biocompatible titanium posts. Once the dental implants are in place the body will accept them as natural roots, which further protects your jaw and facial structure.
Sinus Lifts
What about the upper jaw? For this portion of the smile, our team could conduct a sinus lift. The procedure involves our team essentially raising the sinus floor, which will uncover new structure that can support one or more posts, so we can address tooth loss and also preserve the stability of your jaw and facial structure in the process. If you have any questions about how we strengthen your jaw to make it ready for the placement of dental implants, or about how we address tooth loss with lifelike and durable implants, then contact our team today to learn more.
Schedule A Visit to Strengthen Your Smile
We want to help you avoid an older appearance and further tooth loss by strengthening your smile! To schedule this surgery, call Silk Dental in Dallas, TX, today at (214) 969-SILK (7455). We want to help you smile with confidence, and also preserve the health, stability, and function of your smile in the process.
