Dental care has only improved with time, but millions of Americans still suffer from tooth loss. At A to Z Dental, dentist Dr. Liqing Zhang is available at any of her offices located in Flossmoor, IL, Richton Park, IL, or Chicago Heights, IL, and can provide information on dental implants and how they can help your smile.
What Are Dental Implants?
Dental implants replace the root of a missing tooth with a titanium implant, providing a solid foundation for a false tooth designed to match your natural teeth.
What Are the Advantages of Dental Implants?
Dental implants have many advantages, and they include:
- Improved comfort. The dental implants are implanted directly into your jaw bone and become a part of you, leading to a more comfortable option over removable dentures.
- Improved appearance. Dental implants feel and look just like your natural teeth and, when fused with the bone, allow a permanent solution to your smile.
- Easier eating. With removable dentures, eating isn't always easy since they can cause difficulties with chewing. Dental implants function like the other teeth allowing you to eat food with confidence and without discomfort.
- Improved speech. When you have dentures, they are not permanently fixated into your mouth and can lead to slurring and mumbling if they don't fit properly. Dental implants are permanent and restore your speech.
- Increased self-confidence. When your smile is restored with dental implants, you will also regain your confidence.
- Easier maintenance. You take care of dental implants just as you do your other teeth. You continue to brush and floss daily as recommended for good oral hygiene practice, and this will allow you to improve your oral health.
- Durable. Dental implants are highly durable lasting several years, with some even lasting a lifetime with good care.
- Convenient. Dental implants do not require removal or extra cleaning like you see with removable dentures. You also don't need any messy adhesives to keep them in a place.
Do I Qualify for Dental Implants?
Dentist Dr. Zhang, located in Flossmoor, IL, Richton Park, IL, or Chicago Heights, IL, can determine if dental implants are right for you. In many cases, if you are healthy enough to undergo a dental extraction or other oral surgeries, you are healthy enough to undergo a dental implant procedure.
Good gum health is essential in dental implant candidates, along with patients who:
- Do not smoke.
- Are committed to good oral health.
- Have no uncontrolled chronic diseases, such as heart disease.
- Have not had any radiation therapy of the face and neck.
If you are ready to consider dental implants to fix your smile, call dentist Dr. Zhang at her office, A to Z Dental, located in Flossmoor, IL at (708) 957-2030, Richton Park, IL at (708) 481-2288, or Chicago Heights, IL, at (708) 709-1708 for a consultation today.