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Everyone knows the basics of good dental care. Brush your teeth after every meal, floss every day, see your dentist at least twice a year. It sounds simple. But what if you still don’t have strong, healthy teeth? Weak enamel can be a genetic weakness, or it can be caused by other conditions, like Celiac disease. I’ve always had weak enamel, so I started looking into ways that I could increase the strength of my teeth, and found that dietary changes could make a big difference. I started this blog to share my experience, and to talk about other ways you can make your teeth stronger and healthier. There are lots of things that you can do to improve your dental health. You just have to find them.

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Dentures Or Dental Implants?

21 January 2016
 Categories: Dentist, Blog

If you are missing a good number of your teeth, then you may be wondering whether going with dentures or dental implants would be the right choice for you. Each form of tooth replacement has its fair share of pros and cons. This can make it a bit confusing for you to choose if you aren't very familiar with each option. This article will help you to understand more of what you can expect from each one so you can decide what treatment is right for your own needs.

Getting dentures

Dentures replace your teeth by offering you appliances you wear that attach to your gums and have prosthetic teeth. They are made by creating an impression of your mouth by biting down on a mold. When you get your dentures, they will fit in your mouth and the design that makes them fit snuggly will hold them in place. If they do have a slight bit of movement, you can use adhesive to make them fit more securely.

Benefits of going with dentures

Dentures are more affordable than dental implants and they require much less work to get them. The process for getting dentures is a painless one and you should have your dentures in just a couple appointments, generally taking no longer than a few weeks. They are comfortable to wear and you can eat and speak with them in just as you would with your natural teeth.

Negatives of dentures

Dentures do require a bit more work than implants because you will need to take them out of your mouth to clean them and when you go to sleep at night. Sometimes, dentures can change shape and begin irritating your gums. When this happens, you will have to take them in to have them refitted. You also have to be careful with them since they can break.

Getting dental implants

Dental implants replace your missing teeth with the use of a post that goes into your jawbone, where it is permanently fused in place. Connected to that post is an attachment that will protrude out of your gum where a crown will be fixed to the end. Once you have healed from having implants put in, they will look, feel and act just as your natural teeth do.

Benefits of dental implants

Dental implants give you a permanent replacement for your teeth that you won't have to do anything special to care for; you brush and floss them just as you do natural teeth. They will be designed to match any natural teeth you may still have left. If you are having an entire set of implants put in, then you can actually chose the color and shade of your implants so you can get a beautiful set of teeth hand-picked by you. Once you heal, you nor anyone else will be able to tell they aren't real.

Negatives of dental implants

Dental implants can be quite an investment and this can be hard to handle if you are on a tighter budget. The process is also more painful than having dentures put in and rest is required during the immediate healing time. Although the risk is small, there is always the chance of your body rejecting the implants.

Whether you decide to have your missing teeth replaced with dentures or dental implants, you will be able to once again enjoy eating, speaking and smiling the way you did before the tooth loss.