Best Candidates for Dental Implants
If you are missing one or more teeth, Dr. Norman Katzoff may recommend dental implants to replace the tooth root and restore proper functioning of your smile. Missing teeth may not be visible when you smile but can cause functional problems as you get older. In almost all cases, the missing tooth will trigger jaw bone loss which can lead to facial disfigurement and issues with the jaw. We can work with referring specialists to crease a custom tooth restoration that will look and feel just like your natural teeth to rebuild your smile.
Benefits of Dental Implants
If missing teeth in the front of your mouth are preventing you from smiling with confidence, eating or speaking properly, dental implants could be just what you need to boost your self-esteem.
Some of the benefits of dental implants include:
Dental Implant Treatment Options
Dr. Katzoff works with referring specialist to offer several options for replacing a single missing tooth or several missing teeth.
He can restore your smile with:
With dental implants,
we can recreate the tooth structure with minimal trauma to the surrounding teeth and gums. We fuse the implant directly to the jaw bone using special techniques and the final result is permanent. Dental implants do not require additional maintenance or replacement — you can enjoy your new smile for a lifetime.
Patients should consider a full mouth reconstruction in a couple of different situations. One, there could be severe periodontal disease there, there is no bone or support for their teeth. Or it could be a patient who has severe wear, they’ve ground things down or there’s been trauma or an accident of some sort. There are various situations that could lead us into needing full mouth reconstruction.