Life after tooth loss
So you just lost a tooth in your 20s? Well, it happens to young people fairly often, especially if you are active. Contact sports, mountain biking, skating or snowboarding all offer ways to end up sitting on the ground spitting out teeth and blood. The question is, how are you going to replace that tooth? If you live in St John’s Wood, dental implants at Aura Dental are an avenue you should explore.
If the rest of your teeth are in great condition, then you have 3 options. You can either have false teeth on a bridge, a partial denture, or you can have dental implants.
Why choose dental implants?
Dental implants in St John’s Wood are a long-lasting restoration that also offers full functionality. This means that when you get dental implants fitted, you can expect them to last for decades, if not the rest of your life, if you take good care of them. As well as that, they give you back the full function of your tooth, meaning you can eat whatever you like with an implant. With dentures and some bridges, you have to be pretty careful about what you eat because it can get stuck to, or stuck under, your replacement teeth.
As for care, the implants stay in your mouth so you just brush and floss it carefully. There is no messing around with taking them out to clean them and soaking overnight in water. The only thing you have to watch out for is gum disease around the implant, which, if left untreated, could lead to the loss of the implant.
The other great thing about dental implants in St John’s Wood is they keep your jawbone strong and healthy. By replacing the root, they continue to perform the task of transmitting vibrations down the root into the jawbone. These vibrations are sent every time your teeth clash together. They signal to the surrounding jawbone that it is in use and this stimulates the renewal of bone cells. Without it, the jawbone actually starts to dissolve itself, and rapidly shrinks in height, width and depth. Not something you want happening in your 20s, or ever really.