If you have lost some of your natural teeth through accident, illness or even extraction, you will no doubt be aware of how it can impact your confidence when smiling.

A dental issue that is common, extensive tooth loss can not only affect your confidence, but can also impact your ability to eat a wide variety of foods and can even affect the strength of your bite.

Dentures used to offer a practical solution to this problem, but often created issues too, such as extensive rubbing on the jaw line and worry about them moving or falling out unexpectedly.

Luckily, modern dentistry has found the perfect solution to all of these issues in the form of dental implants in Guildford.

What are dental implants?

Dental implants in Guilford are small, titanium screws that are placed into the jawbone, allowing single teeth, bridges and dentures to be fixed on to them, providing an immovable alternative to dentures.

Implant dentistry is a safe way to not only improve your smile, but provide a great way to increase the strength of your bite, allowing you to eat whatever foods you want to without issue, restoring the functionality of your teeth.

Other benefits of dental implants

If you have gaps in your teeth, dental implants are an effective way to fill these gaps and improve your confidence instantly.

At Farnham Road Dental Practice, our team of experienced dentists are told by our patients who have had implants fitted, of the many other benefits they have noticed.

Speech

An often-overlooked concern regarding missing or misaligned teeth is that of speech. When a person has dentures fitted, they must adapt, learning how to speak again, as dentures can be bulky and uncomfortable. Not only this but many people with dentures report having to tighten their facial muscles as they are worried about their dentures becoming loose, this will also have an impact on speech patterns.

As dental implants are attached to the jaw line, they are not bulky and therefore do not cause any disruption to speech patterns.  As they cannot come loose, people with implants can relax their facial muscles and talk freely without issue.

Eating

Although there is a wide range of denture adhesives on the market, denture wearers often report feeling unconfident eating certain foods, like corn on the cob. As consumption of this type of food requires excessive and specific jaw and teeth movements, it is understandable why those wearing dentures are concerned about performing it.

With dental implants, you can perform as many specific movements of your jaw as you want to, your implants will not come loose, providing greater security when eating different types of foods.

Lifestyle

Implants require care but no more than regular teeth.

If your brush and floss twice a day and attend dental check-ups every six months, there should be no problems or additional purchases required to keep them healthy and strong.

Interested in dental implants in Guildford? Call us today!