When you lose natural teeth, which could occur due to gum disease, this causes your jawbone to weaken. Eventually, you may not be able to support dental implants to replace your missing teeth! But we can help. In today’s blog, Dr. Ann Kania talks about preparing smiles for dental implants with laser-assisted jawbone grafting!
Gum Disease, Tooth Loss, and Weakened Jawbone Structure
Our team provides periodontic care to manage gum disease, protecting your smile from the discomfort associated with the disease, as well as the risk of adult tooth loss. But if the disease costs you natural teeth, then your jawbone can weaken as a result. Without nutrients and tooth roots to keep it strong, the precision could lead to further tooth loss and an older appearance. There may not be enough jawbone structure to support dental implants, limiting your tooth replacement ability. But we can help, using lasers to assist with a jawbone grafting procedure!
Grafting
Also known as a ridge augmentation, this process enables our team to strengthen portions of the lower jaw to ensure they can support dental implants, and to keep your facial structure and smile stability in check. Our team will plan the placement process in detail, and use tissues taken from your own body, and donor source, or synthetic sources to fortify the weakened areas. These new structures bond with your jaw. When the placement area heals, we then insert one or more dental implants, which act as new roots and further protect your jaw. You can then enjoy tooth replacement that looks natural, and we can keep it in check for years to come with periodontic care.
Laser Assistance
How do we assist the process with dental lasers? Our team can use the technology to make adjustments to the bone structure, gums, and attachment tissues as needed to aid in the grafting process. This same technology can also help with implant placement, and with managing gum disease to keep your smile intact. The lasers target areas of your smile with precision to protect healthy structures in the process, and can destroy harmful disease-causing bacteria too. Treatment takes one sitting and you see immediate results, and since we don’t need scalpels or sutures, the treated area heals faster, so you can return to your usual routine in a shorter time frame!
If you have any questions about how we manage jawbone grafting and implant dentistry with advanced laser technology, then contact our team today to learn more and start the process now!
Schedule Your Appointment for Implant Dentistry
Our team wants to help manage gum disease, and prepare smiles for tooth replacement! To learn more about replacing missing teeth, call Dr. Ann Kania in Encinitas, CA, today at 760-642-0711.