Teeth as modern as you are
Just because you have started to lose your teeth, there’s no reason to sink into premature old age by getting old-fashioned tooth restoration systems. As long as your jawbone is in good shape, and sometimes even if it is not, you can go for the 21st century’s way of replacing teeth: dental implants. In Richmond, at Sheen Dental Implants, we love seeing people hang onto their youthful outlook by getting these modern restorations.
Dental implants in Richmond can be used to replace just one missing tooth, or several, or even a whole mouthful. It all depends on what is going to work best for you. If, for example, you have a mouthful of failing teeth, you may opt to have them all removed and replaced with a special technique using dental implants called All-on-4.
All-On-4
This is a very clever way of giving you all the teeth you need to eat whatever you like and continue to look fantastic, but without having to pay for loads of implants. It’s the implants, surgery time, surgeon training and expertise, plus the actual implants themselves that push up the cost of having dental implants in Richmond. However, All-on-4 can secure a whole arch of 12 teeth to your upper or lower jaw with as few as four dental implants.
The trick is in the way the dental implants are angled, going in the back of the jaw and then running along it at about 45° so that they spread the load of chewing along the jawbone, and, at the same time, keep it healthy and in a state of cell renewal by sending much needed bone renewing vibrations along the entire jaw.
All-on-4 dental implants can be put in in one session and you leave with temporary teeth already in place, so you never have to go out gummy. After the implants and jawbone have integrated, several weeks later, we attach your final teeth, which are then permanently in place.
All you then have to do is take good care of your implants with diligent brushing and flossing, twice a day at least, and regular trips to the hygienist so that you can avoid gum disease.