With Dr. Roy Rosen, your dentist in Southfield, MI
When a tooth is lost, nothing is ever the same. The entire balance of a healthy mouth is lost: the bite goes off, opposing teeth shift in unpredictable directions, facial appearance ages.
Restorative dentistry brings your mouth back into use! Here’s how:
- Bridges are used to resolve gaps left by missing teeth. The idea is that a false tooth, or “pontic,” is anchored to crowns at either end and fixed in place. Quality bridges look and feel very natural, and are a great restoration choice.
- Partial Dentures too, are dependent on your remaining teeth for support, but are attached by clasps or “precision attachments.” Complicated partials can be engineering marvels, filling in for missing teeth on both sides of the dental arch. The success of partials depends, in part, on the strength of attachment teeth.
- Full Dentures are not the end of the line, dentally speaking. A good, well-fitting denture can come close to a full complement of teeth, and contribute to a youthful appearance as well.
- Dental Implants are the newest remedy for missing teeth. They can replace just a single tooth, or even act as anchor to keep dentures securely in place. People who have implants all agree: Why didn’t I do this sooner?
Replace missing teeth? Do it. Dentistry has a way.
