Missing teeth often dampen your confidence and get in the way of your life. Anyone who has spent years—or even decades—hiding their smile behind their hand or pursed lips understands just how life-changing restorative dentistry can be.
Dental implants, for example, can truly restore your smile and your life by filling in the gaps in your mouth. You’ll be able to return to living with a full, healthy, and beautiful set of teeth.
How Dental Implants Improve Your Daily Life
Renewed Confidence
Our patients almost always experience a significant boost to their confidence after getting dental implants. When you’re missing a tooth, daily life can be full of uncomfortable situations. You may feel embarrassed smiling, laughing, or even talking because of the gap in your smile.
With a fully restored smile, you’ll look forward to showing off your teeth by grinning and laughing whenever you can. This renewed sense of confidence can mark a major turning point in your life. You might finally get that well-deserved promotion or meet the love of your life, all because you are no longer hesitant to smile!
Speak More Naturally
Teeth play an important role in speech. When you’re missing teeth, it can be difficult to articulate clearly and pronounce words easily. Loose dentures can also make it similarly hard to speak clearly.
Dental implants support normal speech, allowing you to communicate clearly and confidently. They’re inserted into your jawbone, making them just as stable as your natural teeth. You won’t have to worry about not being understood because of slurred or inarticulate pronunciation.
Easier to Eat (And Eat Healthily)
Restorative dental treatments, like implants, are not focused on aesthetics alone. They’re intended to improve the functionality of your mouth, too.
Missing teeth or ill-fitting dentures frequently make it more challenging to chew your food. You may have given up some of your favourite foods because of tooth loss or dentures. Dental implants offer an alternative.
Unlike other tooth-replacement options, dental implants fully restore your chewing ability, so you can eat as if you’d never lost a tooth. Implants are so securely anchored in your jaw that you can eat whatever you want without hesitation. It also becomes easier to eat a healthy diet as a result.
Many highly nutritious foods are hard to chew, like fresh fruits, vegetables, and solid proteins. After getting dental implants, you are once again capable of consuming a varied and vibrant diet. You will no longer be reliant on soft, easy-to-chew carbs. Your overall health will improve, including your oral health! Poor nutrition can lead to further tooth loss.
You’ll Look Younger
A full smile can drastically improve your appearance, making you look younger. Implants fill in the drooping areas of your cheeks, jawline, and lips caused by your missing teeth. Your facial skin can feel firmer with fewer wrinkles after getting an implant surgery.
There may be no such thing as the fountain of youth, but there are dental implants!
More Benefits of Dental Implants
When you lose a tooth, it’s important to take steps to protect your remaining teeth with a tooth replacement procedure. Your mouth is meant to have a full set of teeth, so it causes problems when one or more are missing.
Replacing a missing tooth is incredibly important for your long-term oral health. Otherwise, you may end up with a new, crooked smile or jawbone deterioration.
Dental implant procedures, in particular, are immensely beneficial for restoring your oral health after you lose a tooth.
They Preserve Your Jawbone
Your jawbone is supposed to have teeth in it. When teeth go missing, that part of the jawbone no longer receives the necessary stimulation to maintain its density. It begins to deteriorate, leading to weakened bone density and changes to your facial shape. This process is called bone atrophy.
Dental implants stimulate the jawbone because they mimic tooth roots. As a result, they prevent bone loss, maintain bone integrity, and preserve the natural shape of your face.
One of the main benefits of a dental tooth implant is that it preserves the integrity of the jawbone. Other tooth replacement options and dentures do not.
Stabilize the Surrounding Teeth
Dental tooth implants also protect the adjacent natural teeth. When a gap appears in your smile, the surrounding teeth often start to shift into that open space. This leads to tooth misalignment or malocclusion.
Misaligned teeth are also harder to clean, which increases your risk of cavities. A tooth implant fills that space, so the neighbouring teeth stay where they’re supposed to.
Durable Like Your Natural Teeth
A dental implant functions almost exactly like a natural tooth. It’s extremely durable, so you can eat all your favourite foods comfortably and efficiently. Furthermore, dental implants last longer than other treatments like dentures or bridges.
With proper oral hygiene and regular dental visits, implants can last a lifetime (the crown portion may require replacing, but not the post).
Improve Your Oral Health
Your oral health should improve after your implant surgery, as long as you maintain good oral hygiene. Dental implants are easy to clean and much easier than misaligned teeth that have shifted after tooth loss.
You care for the implant and your natural teeth in the same way: brushing twice a day, flossing once daily, and visiting Bristol Dental Clinic every six months for a check-up and cleaning.
Very Comfortable
Once the tooth implant has fully healed (about eight months after the tooth implant procedure), they are very comfortable. You won’t notice any difference between the implant and your natural teeth. Just remember that each situation is different, and people heal at various paces.
Contact Bristol Dental Clinic for Expert Dental Implants
Missing teeth can impact your confidence and ability to eat and speak normally. If you’ve lost a tooth because of an accident, infection, or tooth extraction, it’s a good idea to speak to your dentist at Bristol Dental Clinic about tooth replacement options, like dental implants.
We offer several different types of dental implants, including single tooth implants, implant-supported bridges, and implant-supported dentures. To learn which one is best for you, please book an appointment at our Mississauga clinic. We look forward to meeting you!
To book an appointment with a dentist in Mississauga, call Bristol Dental Clinic at 866-673-2109 or contact us here.
