Dental Implants - Chew, Speak, and Smile with Ease

If you are missing some or all of your natural teeth, you may be somewhat self-conscious about your smile. Perhaps you have a gap where a tooth used to be, or maybe you are wearing removable dentures that slip when you speak and don’t allow you to eat all of the foods that you want to. You would love to regain the freedom and self-confidence you had with your original teeth, but once your teeth are gone, they’re gone. Right?

Wrong.

Dental implants are more than simply a way to fill the gaps where teeth are missing. The titanium posts that are embedded into the jawbone actually become part of your anatomy, fusing to the bone and becoming recognized as a native object by the body. They essentially replicate the root of the missing tooth, restoring strength and stability to the mouth and its supporting structures. Restorations attached to dental implants cannot slip because they are attached below the gum line, providing all of the control you had over your bite when you had your original teeth. While dental implants are the most realistic and aesthetically pleasing of all methods of tooth restoration, they are also the most secure and, in terms of function, true to life.

Of course, the cosmetic benefits of implant dentistry are significant. Dental implants can be used to secure a single porcelain crown, a dental bridge, or even a full set of cosmetic dentures. You will be able to smile broadly once again, knowing that your teeth are as natural looking and beautiful as they are functional.

There are few dentists in the country that can perform the oral surgery necessary to placing the dental implants and craft the restorations that will be attached to them. Cosmetic dentist Sheldon Seidman is one of those rare dentists. For further information about dental implants and other world-class restorative and cosmetic dentistry treatments, please contact Smile Chicago.