For the past several decades, dentists around the world have been touting dental implants as the best tooth replacement available. Conversations about this solution often center around its incredible longevity, stability, and jawbone health benefits. This treatment is indeed amazing! However, if you’re considering rebuilding your smile with dental implants, you might still have one burning question: How do they look? Rest assured they look beautiful. Let’s talk about four of the cosmetic benefits of dental implants.
Look Young for Years to Come
After you lose a tooth, the area of your jawbone that was supported by the tooth’s root begins to deteriorate. Over time, this shrinkage may become so severe that your facial structures begin to droop and wrinkle. The more teeth you have lost, and the longer you go without replacing them, the older and more sunken your face will look.
Dental implants act as substitute tooth roots, stimulating your jawbone and preserving your natural face shape. They can help you maintain a youthful appearance for years, if not decades!
Natural-Looking Replacement Teeth
While the implants themselves are darker in color (since they are usually made of a titanium alloy), they are not visible in your smile after being inserted into your jawbone. The restorations – crowns, bridges, or dentures – that are placed on top of them are designed to mimic your original pearly whites in shape, size, and color. With the exception of your dental team, no one should be able to tell them apart from your natural teeth!
A Lifetime of Gorgeous Smiles
With the right aftercare, dental implants have the potential to last at least 30 years, possibly even the rest of your life! They have a lifespan that is several times longer than that of conventional dentures or bridges. As long as you regularly brush, floss, and visit your dentist for checkups and cleanings, you can expect your dental implants to last for quite a while.
No Awkward Slipping
Traditional dentures might look great, but they notoriously lose their fit over the years due to natural jawbone changes, causing embarrassing incidents of them sliding around or even falling out. Dental implants prevent these changes from occurring. Plus, because they are firmly embedded in the jawbone, they shouldn’t slip out of place.
Dental implants deliver unmatched benefits in terms of aesthetics as well as oral health. Give your dentist a call to find out if this treatment is right for you!
About the Practice
At Crossroads Family Dentistry, we pride ourselves on being able to offer a wide variety of dental services in-house, including dental implants. We can perform every step of the process in our office, avoiding the need to be referred to an unfamiliar outside specialist. To learn more about the cosmetic benefits of dental implants, contact our Forest, VA office at (434) 841-1704.