Eight Problems New York Denture Wearers Can Kiss Goodbye with Dental Implants, PART 4

This four-part article series describes the many problems, challenges and complaints that denture wearers can look forward to living without by choosing dental implants instead.

Welcome to the final installment of this four-part article series on the many challenges, problems and discomforts denture wearers can kiss goodbye. Thanks to the work of the qualified New York cosmetic dentists who offer dental implant treatment. Let’s briefly recap the first six benefits before presenting our final two: 

1. You’ll never have to remove your teeth again.
2. Eat most of your favorite foods again.
3. Forget messy adhesives.
4. Save thousands of dollars on expensive denture products.
5. Dental implants help to preserve good jawbone health.
6. Stop hiding your smile in family photos!

And now for the final two benefits of choosing dental implants as your teeth replacement technology:

7. Too sore to eat? Not with dental implants.

Removable dentures are made to sit over the gums, which means that every ounce of pressure exerted on them is transferred to the soft tissue underneath them. In addition to this pressure, they also tend to rub back-and-forth over the gums and the combination of the two stresses can lead to the development of painful oral sores and tender, inflamed gums. This makes it very difficult and painful for New York residents who wear dentures to eat and it can even result in malnutrition.

The difference with dental implants is that they provide a foundation for a non-removable set of replacement teeth and gums, which come in the form of a dental prosthesis. All the forces associated with eating are therefore transmitted directly from the prosthetic bridge into the dental implants and then into the jawbone, as is the case with natural teeth and tooth roots. They also don’t shift around or rub against the gums and so; implant-supported bridges don’t typically cause patients’ gums to become sore during eating, which is a major benefit!

8. Goodbye “denture breath”!

Bad breath or halitosis is a terrible social impairment and one that is frequently experienced by New York residents who wear traditional removable dentures. Why is this the case?

“Dentures are very bulky and because they are hollow underneath, they provide large spaces in which food can become trapped. This is why it’s so important for patients to clean their dentures after every meal and even after snacking,” say New York dental implant surgeons. “Yet in spite of these efforts, food still becomes readily trapped in dentures and oral bacteria are encouraged to multiply, therefore leaving denture-wearers at a much greater risk of suffering from halitosis. It’s a terrible problem that can be remedied with an anti-bacterial mouthwash or the frequent removal of one’s teeth for brushing and rinsing, but it is a perpetual battle.

“Dental implants, on the other hand, support a custom prosthetic dental bridge, which is fabricated to fit along the gum line and therefore provide little opportunity for food and bacteria to become trapped. They are also quite a bit easier to keep clean, since they are cleaned similarly to natural teeth and so don’t tend to cause halitosis as easily as dentures.”

In Conclusion

The benefits of dental implant in terms of self-esteem, social confidence, oral comfort, quality of life, facial appearance and costs are enormous and it’s for all the reasons discussed in this four-part article series that dental implant dentists in New York, the rest of the country and indeed the world recommend these teeth replacement devices to those in need of new teeth.