Smile with Confidence Again with Dental Implant Treatment

Tooth loss can alter your lifestyle as well as your appearance. Losing multiple teeth can affect how you bite and chew, restricting the foods you can eat. It can impact your speech by making it difficult to pronounce words clearly. You may lose interest in socializing with others due to losing confidence and self-esteem. Replacing lost teeth with implants will help restore your quality of life. Permanent teeth implants from Kitty Hawk Dental Care in Livermore, California, will have you smiling again in no time.

The Implant Process

Implants are secure, stable, structurally sound and natural-looking teeth. Implants can help restore your ability to eat, speak and smile with confidence and ease.

Implants are composed of a titanium post, an abutment and a dental crown. The post (implant) is embedded firmly into your jaw by Dr. Kimberly King through oral surgery where, over a period of several months, it will be permanently assimilated into your jawbone system as your new tooth root. Once the implant has healed, Dr. Kimberly King will attach an abutment on top to support a customized porcelain crown which will serve as your new tooth. Upon completing your treatment, you’ll have replacement teeth that look, feel and function like your natural teeth.

Best Choice for Missing Teeth

For numerous reasons, dental implants have long been considered the best choice for replacing missing teeth. Implants complete your smile beautifully because they look so much like natural teeth; it’s hard to tell the difference. They also mimic the security and stability of real teeth to give you the full functionality of natural teeth. Additional benefits include:

• Longevity – Implants are designed to last a lifetime, making it unnecessary to replace them after so many years. With proper care, porcelain crowns and implant-supported prosthetics (dentures or bridges) can last 10 years or longer before needing an upgrade
• Jawbone support – Implants act like natural tooth roots in stimulating bone growth to keep your jawbone from deteriorating after losing natural teeth. Jawbone support keeps your face and jaw from sagging
• Improved oral health – Implant treatment poses no risk to remaining natural teeth. In fact, implants help protect natural teeth by keeping them from shifting. This makes it easier to keep your teeth clean to reduce plaque build-up that can cause cavities. By maintaining tooth alignment, implants preserve your bite to improve chewing and minimize wear and tear on your teeth
• Versatility – Implants can be used to replace one tooth, multiple teeth, an entire arch of teeth or all your teeth, filling your every dental need. Single tooth implants serve as a missing tooth replacement for individual lost teeth. An implant-supported bridge can be used to replace multiple missing teeth in a row. For replacing an entire arch or all of your teeth, we offer all-on-4 or all-on-6 implant-supported dentures to restore tooth function and appearance

To learn more about our dental implant treatments, contact Dr. Kimberly King from Kitty Hawk Dental Care in Livermore, CA at (925) 371-8880.