Dental Implants
A Solution for Missing Teeth
Boost Your Self-Confidence with Permanent Results
Dental implants can improve your self-confidence and quality of life. Patients with dental implants enjoy a better quality of life because they don’t need to worry about implants slipping, making noises while speaking or chewing, or causing gum irritation from dentures.
What Is A Dental Implant?
Dr. Peter Pang often recommends dental implants because they are highly successful and come with minimal complications. Dental implants are a permanent solution for lost teeth. During the procedure, a titanium post is placed in the jawbone to mimic the function of a natural tooth. After healing, a crown is attached to the post, which looks and functions like a natural tooth, allowing you to eat and speak normally again.
Dental Implants Are Low Maintenance Solutions for Replacing Missing Teeth
Dental implants are an effective, permanent solution for missing teeth that function just like your natural teeth. Since they are fused directly into the jawbone, they provide a very secure fit. With proper care, maintenance, and regular check-ups, dental implants can last a lifetime. If you have dental anxiety, consider sedation dentistry to complement your treatment plan.
Dental Implants Offer Flexibility to Replace One or Several Missing Teeth
Dr. Pang can replace one or several missing teeth with dental implants, or use them to support a set of dentures. This provides more stability and ensures lasting results.
Are You Missing Teeth?
You’re not alone. Here are some interesting facts about tooth loss in adults:
- Smokers are at a higher risk of losing all of their teeth.
- By middle age, most people have lost at least one tooth.
- African-Americans experience more tooth loss compared to other racial groups.
- Women have higher rates of tooth loss than men.
“Tooth Loss in Adults (Age 20 to 64).” National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 1 Jan. 2004. Web. 7 Nov. 2014.
Missing All Of Your Teeth?
Restore your smile permanently. Implant-supported dentures use dental implants as a foundation for the dentures. The procedure is typically done under local anesthesia or sedation for a pain-free experience. Dr. Pang offers two types of implant-supported dentures: bar-retained and ball-retained.
Ball-Retained Implant-Supported Dentures
Ball-retained dentures use a ball-and-socket mechanism to fit securely on the gums, eliminating concerns about shifting dentures while eating or speaking. This allows patients to live confidently.
Bar-Retained Implant-Supported Dentures
Metal bars are connected to the dental implant posts for added comfort and stability. Dentures can be placed on these bars and secured with clasps, ensuring a tight fit. These dentures can be removed at night for cleaning.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What filling material is used to replace amalgam fillings when removed?
Once we remove the mercury filling – there are two options that can be utilized to plug the hole caused by the previous silver filling material.
Resin Options: – If your previous Mercury silver filling was small in size, we can use white resin materials to fill in the hole. This is a softer plastic material. It can be compared to using a “spackle” to fill in a small hole in a wall. We use BPA-Free White Resin Filling materials. If you have concerns about the Biocompatibility of these products for you, please ask our staff about having a test performed. (Allow 4 weeks for test results).
Non-Plastic Options: – Most Mercury fillings are wedged into your tooth, leaving them wider at the base underneath than what you see on top of your tooth. Much like its behavior in old thermometers, the mercury expanding/contracting may have additional cracked your remaining tooth enamel. Ceramic Porcelain Filling materials, such as Inlays, Onlays or crowns are required in most instances to “fill-in” the large space left by removing dental mercury amalgam. Especially if molar teeth need to hold up against chewing forces.
Do you place amalgam fillings in your office at all?
Here at Asheville Holistic Dentist, this product is not available on our premises.