How Implants and Dentures Work Together To Secure Your Smile

Have you ever heard the term floating dentures? While it may sound like someone lost their dentures while swimming in a pool, the term actually refers to dentures that don’t fit perfectly in your mouth. Loose dentures shift around on your gums and provide a very uncomfortable user experience. Patients with floating dentures often struggle to eat certain foods and deal with a daily struggle to keep the prosthetic in their mouth while talking or laughing. Fortunately, Dr. Bradford has a more secure solution. By combining dental implants and dentures, he can restore your smile while ensuring it stays in place! Visit Brent Bradford, DDS, to learn if you’re eligible for our implant-retained denture solutions.

The Importance of Jawbone Health

If dentures are created to fit the contours of your mouth perfectly, how do they become loose over time?

Unfortunately, traditional dentures can’t replace the most vital part of the tooth: the root! Tooth roots are essential for jawbone health, as they stimulate the bone when you chew or bite! When missing this stimulation, your jaw resorbs over time, losing mass and volume.

Jawbone resorption can result in:

• Excessive wrinkling: As your jawbone shrinks, it no longer fills the area around your mouth. Your skin may sink inward, creating excessive wrinkles around your lips.
• Sunken cheeks: Similarly, a lack of jawbone material may lead to sunken cheeks. Without the support of hard tissues, soft tissue tends to sag or loosen.
• Changing facial structure: Bone resorption in your jaw slowly changes the shape of your face over time. While it is often unnoticeable at first, it becomes more obvious as time passes.
• Ill-fitting dentures: A shifting jawbone makes a poor foundation for dentures. In most cases, the denture will loosen as your bone changes, and only denture relines or messy denture glue can solve the problem.

Thankfully, Dr. Bradford has another solution so you can say goodbye to frequent relines and difficulties chewing. By combining dental implants and dentures, he provides a secure smile that is both beautiful and functional!

Implant Dentures and Unmatched Stability

Dental implants are titanium posts we place into the jawbone to replace your entire tooth’s structure, from crown to root, as they support restorations and act as artificial tooth roots.

When you bite or chew with implant dentures, the implants stimulate your jawbone, helping to maintain its shape and density. This strong foundation makes implant dentures a reliable and innovative way to restore your smile! While there are different types of dental implants, we often prefer to use mini dental implants for the amazing benefits they provide patients like you!

Mini dental implants are less than 3 mm in diameter and feature a unique one-piece design. This sleek structure allows Dr. Bradford to place mini implants in a single appointment. Additionally, their narrow diameter enables him to avoid using invasive procedures!

Instead, he uses a minimally invasive approach that doesn’t require any incisions or sutures. After creating a small pilot hole through your gums and bone, Dr. Bradford can place a mini implant with little hassle, where it becomes instantly stable enough to support your denture!

How Implants and Dentures Work Together

At Brent Bradford, DDS, we offer three distinct mini implant dentures that provide stability and style.

• Snap-on dentures: On 4-8 implants, this prosthetic stays in your mouth, with no reline or denture glue necessary. You can “snap” your denture on and off your implants with ease for maintenance.
• Semi-removable roundhouse bridge: Although technically a bridge, a roundhouse bridge functions as a denture because it replaces all of your teeth. With 6-10 mini implants for support, semi-removable roundhouse bridges don’t need the bulky denture base associated with traditional dentures! Instead, they secure directly on your implants to provide a seamless appearance. However, it’s important to note that you never take this restoration off, and only we remove it for routine checkups.
• Non-removable roundhouse bridge: This roundhouse bridge restoration is cemented in place by 10-12 implants, never to come out. With incredible stability and a natural appearance and feel, this prosthetic is the closest you can get to having your natural teeth back!

To determine which denture is the best solution for you, visit Brent Bradford, DDS, in Syracuse, NY! At your free consultation, we will perform a thorough dental examination, take 3D X-rays of your smile, and discuss your goals to create a custom treatment plan.

Trust Dr. Bradford To Use Dental Implants and Dentures To Secure Your Smile

Unfortunately, traditional dentures aren’t built to last. Over time, they become loose and create various instability problems! Fortunately, Dr. Bradford offers secure solutions that will keep you smiling for years to come. By combining dental implants and dentures, he stabilizes your smile and restores your ability to eat, talk, and laugh with the confidence that your teeth aren’t going anywhere.

Book a free consultation today at Brent Bradford, DDS, to start your journey to a stable smile.

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