Periodontal disease can cause a lot of harm for your smile, including the loss of your teeth! When this happens, your bite could weaken, preventing you from being able to receive dental implants. But we can help! In today’s blog, Dr. Ann Kania talks about how our laser systems aid with your jawbone grafting, strengthening smiles in Encinitas/San Diego, CA.
The Weakening of Your Jawbone Structure
When you develop periodontal disease, this will require treatment to prevent the disease from reaching a more advanced stage, one known as periodontitis. At this stage, you could lose natural teeth, which causes surrounding bone structure to weaken and erode. As this happens, you risk further tooth loss and an aged appearance. Your weakened bite also means an aged appearance, and the inability for your smile to support dental implants. But with jawbone grafting, assisted with dental lasers, we can offer treatment to make your smile strong and ready for replacement teeth.
Laser-Assisted Ridge Augmentation
Let’s look at the jawbone grafting procedure in detail, and discuss how we assist this with dental lasers. With laser-assisted ridge augmentation, we will add new structures to the lower jaw to strengthen it and protect your smile. Our team could take bone tissue from other parts of your body, such as the rear of your jaw, your hips, or your knee. We could also employ synthetic or donor sources. We add new tissues to the weakened portions of your lower jaw, creating new structure that bonds with the natural one tissue. You now have a fortified portion that can support one or more dental implants, which means a chance to fill the gap in your smile and keep your jaw strong! The technology allows us to modify structures as needed, and to destroy harmful bacteria and ensure a faster healing period.
Dental Implant Placement
Following your laser-assisted jawbone grafting, our team can move forward with dental implant placement. Our team will plan and place dental implants into the jaw, where these small titanium posts act like new roots. Their placement helps keep the bite intact, and also ensures you have tooth roots that can last for decades. Our team then completes your new tooth with a crown. If you have any questions about how we prepare smiles for replacement teeth with laser-assisted jawbone grafting, or about how we place and restore your dental implants, then contact our team today to learn more and get started.
Schedule Your Appointment and Prepare Smiles for New Teeth
With advanced technology, we can offer a procedure that strengthens your smile in preparation for replacement teeth. To learn more about strengthening your smile, then call Dr. Ann Kania in Encinitas, CA, today at 760-642-0711.