If you’ve been wearing traditional dentures for a long time now, you may have accepted instability as a part of your life. Denture relines and glue are now part of your routine to keep your smile functional. But what if living with your loose dentures wasn’t the only solution to total tooth loss? With dental implants, we can anchor your dentures in place to restore your smile! These titanium screws anchor in your jawbone to create a strong foundation for restorations like a crown, bridge, or denture. With mini implants for dentures, you can eat the foods you love without issue and smile confidently for years to come.
Understanding the Instability of Traditional Dentures
Traditional dentures are custom-fit to your smile. At first, they offer great function and stability, allowing you to chew normally again! However, over time, they loosen as your jawbone loses mass and volume due to tooth loss.
Loose dentures have many unfortunate consequences, such as:
- Gum irritation: As your prosthetic slides around in your mouth, it rubs against the soft tissue of your gums. This causes inflammation and denture sores, which may make wearing your dentures painful.
- Challenges speaking: Loose dentures also move while you’re talking, which can create slurring, whistling, or clicking sounds while you speak.
- Difficulty chewing: To break down foods, you need a powerful bite. Loose dentures often affect the force of your bite, making it difficult to chew some foods. Unfortunately, this may lead to a change in diet, which can result in a lack of essential nutrients.
Fortunately, dental implants secure dentures, providing a comfortable and effective way to replace missing teeth.
Why We Use Mini Implants for Dentures
While East Longmeadow Family Dental Center does offer conventional dental implants, we often prefer to use mini implants when possible. These implants provide numerous benefits for patients like you, securing your dentures in place with much less hassle!
Mini dental implants are small titanium posts, less than 3 millimeters wide. Due to their smaller size, patients who are ineligible for traditional dental implants—likely due to bone resorption—are often still eligible for mini implants! Their narrow diameter allows Dr. Zirakian to use a minimally invasive procedure, which requires less bone structure and preserves the tissues surrounding the implant.
After making a small pilot hole in your gums and jawbone, he gently screws the implant in place. Because these implants have a sleek one-piece design, Dr. Zirakian places them in a single appointment!
Not only does this process facilitate faster healing than a traditional implant, but it also allows us to place a temporary restoration immediately. Without waiting 4-5 months for traditional implants to stabilize, mini implants can support temporary restorations on the same day!
These incredible benefits make mini implants much less invasive, less expensive, and less time-consuming.
Trust Dr. Zirakian To Secure Your Smile With Mini Implants for Dentures
With mini implants for dentures, you no longer have to struggle with things like denture sores or difficulty eating. Instead, you can smile securely with mini implants in place! Our lead dentist, Dr. Zirakian, has been serving patients in Springfield, MA, and the surrounding areas for over 35 years and is well-equipped to restore your smile with mini implants.
Book a free consultation today to learn if you are eligible for the mini implant procedure today!
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