How can I replace my missing teeth?

Dental Implants

A dental implant is the most pleasing esthetic solution for replacing the missing tooth. An all-ceramic dental crown or dental bridge, secured to a dental implant, provides a complete and beautiful solution for improving your smile. A dental implant takes the place of the missing tooth’s root, and helps prevent negative consequences of missing teeth.

Dentures

If you've lost some, or all, of your natural teeth, dentures can replace your missing teeth and your smile. Replacing missing teeth will benefit your appearance and your health. Without support from the denture, facial muscles sag, making a person look older.

There are various types of dentures. A partial denture is a removable dental appliance that replaces multiple missing teeth. It can be attached to the teeth with clasps (clasp or conventional partial) or it can be attached to the teeth with crowns with precision attachments (hidden clasps). Both types have a metal framework and plastic teeth and gum areas.

A fixed denture replacement solution consists of a dental implant bridge (sometimes called permanent dentures) that is supported by four or more dental implants. By using dental implants to secure the permanent dentures, the need for denture adhesive is a thing of the past. Because the dental implants function like the natural roots, the permanent dentures will feel very much like your natural teeth did.

PA can bring your smile back to life with any kind of denture you may need.

Bridges

Dental bridges are used to replace missing teeth. There are several types of fixed (that is, cannot be removed) bridges. These include conventional fixed bridges, cantilever bridges, and resin bonded bridges.

During your initial consultation, we will examine the health of your gums and other teeth to evaluate if you are a candidate for a dental bridge. You will then be given a local anesthetic, after which we will prepare the teeth required to support the bridge. If the support teeth are badly broken down or decayed, we may have to build them up before they can be used as support teeth for the bridge.

We will make an impression of the prepared teeth. Your bridge will be fabricated on this cast by our skilled dental technologists so that it precisely fits the prepared teeth. While your bridge is being fabricated, you will be fitted with a temporary bridge so the teeth and gums can be protected from damage until the permanent bridge is made.

The dental bridge treatment will be completed during a second visit to our office. The bridge will be fitted and cemented.

We offer conventional metal based ceramic bridges as well as non-metal based, all-ceramic crowns that are customized to your mouth.