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Dental Implants Are the Only Tooth Replacement Option That Can Preserve Your Jawbone’s Health – Here’s Why!
Several options are made available to dental patients looking to replace missing teeth, but no option can match the benefits of dental implants. Dental implants will not only restore the appearance and function of your smile, but they can do something that no other tooth replacement option can promise – they preserve the health of your jawbone. Dr. Valerie Scola at Scola Family Dentistry in Murrieta, California, offers dental implants as a tooth replacement option for her patients and would like to share with you why they are considered the “gold standard” of tooth replacement options.
How A Missing Tooth Impacts Your Jawbone
Before we get into how a dental implant can impact the health of your jawbone, let us first look at how a missing tooth can negatively affect it. When you lose a tooth, the roots of that tooth are also gone. The root of a tooth plays a vital role that you may not be aware of. The root of a tooth provides stimulation to the jawbone, which is required to keep it healthy. When you lose a tooth, this stimulation is lost. Over time, your jawbone will lose density and strength as it slowly gets absorbed by the body. Tooth replacement options such as a dental bridge or dentures are great for restoring the look and function of your missing tooth, but they cannot replace the missing tooth root. A dental implant, on the other hand, does exactly that.
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How A Dental Implant Can Save Your Jawbone
When you elect for a dental implant, this is the only tooth replacement option that will mimic the function of the missing tooth root. This is because the implant is placed directly into the jawbone, replacing the missing root. Once implanted, the jawbone will fuse with the implant via a process called osseointegration. Once completed, the implant will provide the same stimulation as the tooth’s root. Your jawbone will remain healthy and intact because of this.
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Dr. Valerie Scola of Scola Family Dentistry is a leading and reputed dentist in Murrieta, providing modern and customized dental care for everyone in your family! Dr. Scola comes from a dental family and graduated from the Indiana University School of Dentistry in 2011 with a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. With over one and a half decades of experience, she is committed to the oral health of you and your entire family. This includes dealing with any fears that you may have about the dentist’s chair! Dr. Scola brings the best of modern dental care and technique to you by participating in continuing education courses. She is also a member of the Tri-County Dental Society, the California Dental Association, and the American Dental Association. Whether it is Invisalign, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontics, or even Dental Emergencies, reach out to Dr. Valerie Scola of Scola Family Dentistry for professional, yet gentle dental care!
