What if you had to balance your glasses on your nose, instead of relying on the arms of the frame that tuck behind your ears? Even small movements require extreme caution, as the slightest pressure could send your glasses tumbling, leaving you blind. Just as the frames are meant to keep eyewear secure on your nose, dental implants are meant to secure restorations like dentures in your mouth! While they may not seem similar in nature, stability is incredibly important for both glasses and dentures to perform their intended function. Traditional dentures don’t use dental implants, so they often lack stability. Thankfully, Dr. Zirakian provides snap-in dentures as a reliable and secure alternative to traditional dentures!
Visit East Longmeadow Family Dental Center in East Longmeadow, MA, to begin your journey to a more comfortable and stable smile.
The Drawbacks of Traditional Dentures
Traditional dentures are the most common form of denture, likely due to their affordability. These prosthetics, however, are far from the most effective option, as they lack stability—especially in the lower jawbone! However, this is just one of the many drawbacks of traditional dentures. Others include:
- Resorbing bone: Traditional dentures replace your teeth, but only the visible portion above your gum line! Natural teeth have roots that extend into the jawbone below the gums. When you chew or bite, these roots stimulate your jawbone, keeping it healthy. Without replacing these roots, traditional dentures do nothing to prevent your bone from resorbing.
Ill-fitting dentures: As your jawbone shrinks, your denture stays the same. This causes ill-fit, creating numerous problems for patients like you. Food can get stuck underneath the prosthesis, causing bad breath or infection. Additionally, loose dentures sometimes fall out of your mouth, creating embarrassing mishaps that often make patients less comfortable socializing.- Sore gums: Loose dentures often become painful as well. As you speak and eat, your denture will rub against your gums, creating denture sores. This painful irritation often causes patients to go without dentures altogether, making everyday life more difficult.
- Difficulty chewing: Loose dentures can’t chew through tougher or harder foods, which often results in a change in diet. This can potentially lead to nutritional deficiencies, which is dangerous for your overall health.
Fortunately, there are denture alternatives that use dental implants for stability—like snap-in dentures!
The Mini Implant Difference
At East Longmeadow Family Dental Center, Dr. Zirakian offers two reliable types of titanium dental implants. These act as artificial tooth roots, maintaining the health of your jawbone!
Traditional dental implants are strong titanium posts that Dr. Zirakian secures into the jawbone. Unfortunately, due to their large size, many patients suffering bone resorption are ineligible for this implant procedure. An additional procedure like a bone graft helps restore bone structure, but is expensive and adds to the procedure length. Additionally, these implants are costly and time-consuming. They take 4-5 months to heal and consist of various components, all sold separately.
In contrast, mini dental implants are much smaller but just as secure as traditional implants. These narrow diameter implants are more accessible, as patients with less jawbone structure are often still eligible—even without a bone graft! Using a minimally invasive procedure, Dr. Zirakian places these on-piece implants in one appointment. Amazingly, they become instantly stable enough in your jawbone to place a temporary restoration like a snap-in denture the very same day.
With fewer appointments, fewer components, and no bone graft, mini dental implants are much less expensive than traditional implant procedures!
Understanding Snap-In Dentures
Snap-in dentures may appear similar to traditional dentures, but they have very important distinctions in both design and function.
With the stability of 4-8 mini dental implants in place, we can remove the bulky upper palate that many patients find uncomfortable in traditional dentures. Freeing your upper palate also allows you to regain your upper tastebuds, which enable you to enjoy the foods and drinks you love fully.
However, that isn’t the only difference in design. These dentures have housings on the bottom, fitted with “O-Rings” that help your denture snap on and off your implants! These rings give your denture excellent retention, allowing you to bite stronger and smile securely. If your traditional denture is in excellent condition, we can even transform it into a snap-in denture by creating housings in its structure!
Because the implants in your jawbone anchor your prosthetic in place, you can laugh and eat without worrying about your denture falling out. Snap-in dentures are strong and stable, allowing you to bite through tough foods and eat the meals you’ve been craving again! Juicy stakes, crisp apples, and buttery corn-on-the-cob are all back on the menu with snap-in dentures.
To enjoy talking, eating, and smiling again after total tooth loss, try snap-in dentures secured by mini dental implants!
Reclaim Your Smile With Snap-In Dentures Using Mini Implants!
Similar to your glasses, your denture must be secure to function properly. To prevent bone resorption, painful denture sores, and your prosthetic falling out, visit Dr. Zirakian at East Longmeadow Family Dental Center! With snap-in dentures, you can enjoy the ability to take your denture on and off with the assurance that it will stay secure in your mouth. Feel comfortable smiling again with snap-in dentures secured by mini implants!
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