Are you missing teeth? If yes, putting off replacement could mean more than ruining your smile and affecting your self-confidence.
The Many Consequences of Missing Teeth
Your teeth have three primary functions: chewing, helping to pronounce words and making up your smile. When one of your teeth is missing, those three functions are impaired — and your oral health suffers additional consequences in the long run. If you have a number of teeth lost to decay or periodontal disease and live in the Suffolk or Nassau County areas, you owe it to yourself to visit Farber Center for Periodontics & Dental Implants. We strive to offer the best dental implants and All-on-4 Long Island has available.
Not only is a missing tooth or row of teeth troublesome to your physical smile, but you could also suffer from malocclusion which is when your teeth become misaligned. When a tooth goes missing, your teeth eventually move to fill in the open space.
When it comes to missing teeth, it’s a use it or lose it scenario for maintaining bone density and jaw bone. When you need to replace an entire row of teeth, you can help avoid jawbone loss with All-on-4 dental implants.
What You Can Do
Every day, we have help patients regain their confidence and improve their oral health through our variety of tooth restoration services.
At Farber Center, we truly have the best of the best for all of our patients. Missing one or more teeth is not a minor issue and considering the average adult between the ages of 20 and 64 have 3 or more missing or decayed teeth, you are not alone.
Dental Implant Options Can Help Many Patients
Farber Center offers dental implants that provide a foundation for replacement teeth, which look, feel, and function like natural teeth.
For patients with the loss of multiple teeth, Farber Center offers the All-On-4® and 1-Day-Smile, which maximizes the use of available bone allowing for new, functioning teeth the same day as the implant procedure.
How to Prevent Tooth Loss and Periodontal Disease
While we can offer a range of options to replace missing teeth, we encourage all of our patients to take the steps to prevent tooth loss in the first place.
Here are a few key tips:
- Don’t smoke – Tobacco and nicotine linger on teeth and rapidly increase tooth decay.
- Maintain a strict oral hygiene regimen – Brush for at least two minutes, two times a day and floss daily
- Visit your dentist at least every six months
- Eat a well-balanced diet than limits sugar intake
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It is important to recognize that a missing tooth can affect your oral health which can affect your total body health. We look at your total body health to identify issues on a broad spectrum. Remember: oral health begins with total body health. If you’re missing a row of teeth and live in Long Island, All-on-4 from Farber Center is a replacement option worthy of your very close consideration.
