3 Unforgettable Ways Dental Implants Will Change Your Life

Missing teeth affect more people than you think. Accidents, illness, tooth decay, gum disease, genetics, and natural ageing can force you to live without one, several, or possibly all of your adult teeth. Not including wisdom teeth, your set of permanent adult teeth should contain 28 teeth, yet adults between the age of 20 and 64 have on average only 24.

If you have struggled through life with missing teeth or less-than-perfect dentures, you have a better option. Dental implants attach directly to your jawbone and perform the function of normal teeth. Here are three unforgettable ways dental implants will change your life.

1. You Can Eat Normally

Missing teeth make it difficult to chew food and eat in a normal fashion. Over time, you probably learned to avoid food that you cannot easily bite off like apples and corn on the cob. You may shift food from side to side as you chew to accommodate a lack of teeth. Or, you no longer enjoy crunchy nuts or thick steak simply because you cannot chew it well.

One or more missing teeth can make a big difference in your quality of life when you no longer relish food or must avoid many types of food. Withdrawal from food in social settings can lead to anxiety, depression, and isolation.

Fortunately, dental implants allow you to again eat food in a normal fashion just like natural teeth. Dental implants are strong enough to provide the advantage to bite off food and then chew thoroughly and easily.

2. You Can Speak Normally

Significant tooth loss has a real impact on your ability to speak, especially if you wear dentures to compensate for lost teeth. Teeth are responsible for articulating many sounds in the English language such as t and th. Without the structure that teeth provide, you cannot usually produce the right sound and your speech alters noticeably.

Additionally, dentures that fit poorly or move around often change the way you produce speech or make it hard to speak clearly. Dentures also often make undesirable and audible clicking sounds, which only increase your discomfort and embarrassment.

Dental implants function like your original teeth and return your power of speech. You can once again speak, sing, and perform any range of sound without shame or fear.

3. You Can Regain Your Self-Esteem

Your smile signals your approachability to others around you. When you miss any teeth, you probably feel like you cannot put your best face forward. Sadly, a gap in your teeth may give other people the wrong impression about you before they get to know you.

You may choose to smile without showing your teeth, or hide them with your hand. You may avoid social and public settings because you lack self-confidence. Avoidance like this can affect your employment opportunities and personal relationships.

A great smile is strongly linked to higher levels of confidence and self-esteem. Dental implants provide a better smile and a way to regain lost self-worth and poise.

Dental implants function like natural teeth. Because they hold a permanent position in your mouth, you still brush and floss implants as you would regular teeth. Your dentist wants to perform regular checkups to make sure the implants fused properly to your jaw and are clean. Remaining natural teeth receive normal dental treatment at the same time to prevent future tooth loss.

If you have missing teeth and seek a better option for improved quality of life, call Michael G. Landy DDS. His caring staff will answer any questions you have about dental implants and help bring you one step closer to the smile you deserve.