If you have suffered from severe tooth loss, you need more than a bridge. You need dentures, and without them you risk issues with your diet, speech capabilities, and even your overall appearance. Fortunately, we can help. In today’s blog, Delightful Dental Care in Kansas City, MO, talks about caring custom full and partial dentures!

The Onset of Severe Tooth Loss

We could lose most or all of our natural teeth to issues like advanced cavities, infection, or even injury, or a combination of them all. The most common factor behind severe tooth loss is actually periodontitis, the advanced stage of periodontal disease. When you lose several of your natural teeth, this could limit meal options and deprive you of your favorite dishes and essential nutrients. Advanced tooth loss is also linked to poor speech, and even embarrassment in social situations, leading to issues with overall quality of life. The lack of tooth roots could also mean weakened jawbone structure, a factor in the onset of an aged appearance. But we can restore function, health, and beauty to your smile with a full or partial set of prosthetics.

Full and Partial Dentures

We will start by examining your smile with digital imaging systems to see if any teeth need to be extracted, and to identify concerns that need to be addressed and managed, such as gum disease. Our team then takes detailed images of your bite from multiple angles, and uses them to design and craft the denture. The finished product will contain ceramic teeth shaded to look natural, all set in an acrylic base that looks like gum tissue.

With a partial set, this contains teeth designed to fit in the gaps in your smile, taking on complex tooth loss in smiles that still have a significant number of natural teeth in place. Metal clasps attach to the natural teeth to secure the prosthetic.

With a full, we have a prosthetic that replaces every tooth on one or both arches, and is held in place with suction or possibly an adhesive.

Dental Implants

In addition to removable dentures, we could also secure them with dental implants which provide a fixed prosthetic that never slips and doesn’t need to be removed for soaking and cleaning. This option also lasts longer, decades even! If you have any questions about how we take on more severe cases of tooth loss with removable and implant-supported dentures, then contact our team today to learn more.

Schedule Tooth Replacement With Delightful Dental Care

If you have severe tooth loss, then seek help with Dr. Diana Tabakh, DDS. To schedule your appointment, please call Delightful Dental Care in Kansas City, MO at (816) 942-7669 today.