Tooth replacement

Missing teeth cause many problems including movement of adjacent teeth, difficulty speaking and eating, and low self-esteem. If you are missing one or more teeth, Dr. Maron offers several affordable options for durable, attractive replacement teeth to rejuvenate your smile and increase your chewing function. He custom designs a tooth replacement using one of these options:

• Implants—This treatment option involves anchoring a titanium screw in the jawbone. Implants are 90-95 per cent successful as long as as long as enough bone is available.
  
  Implants are of two kinds, conventional and mini, and have two main uses. Conventional dental implants are wider than mini dental implants and might require bone grafts. Both types of Implants have two main uses. The first use is to replace a tooth or missing teeth. The implant is placed and a crown or bridge is cemented on the implant. The second use is to help retain loose dentures. Nylon rings in thimbles are inserted in a denture. The nylon rings snap onto the implants and give retention to the loose denture. 
  
  Our office places mini dental implants instead of conventional dental implants. Dr. Maron is a Dr. Shatkin-trained mini dental implant provider. We also restore conventional implants that are placed by oral surgeons and periodontists.
  
  Mini dental implants have many advantages over conventional dental implants. They are half the price of conventional dental implants and do not require sutures. They have fewer parts, cause less pain and are usually functional the day that they are inserted. Patients leave the office with a temporary crown on the mini dental implant. Those with dentures love snapping a denture on mini implants instead of using messy denture paste and are happy when we can use the old denture.
  
  For more information, see our FAQs on mini dental implants.

• Bridges—This treatment option consists of a prosthetic tooth (or teeth) that attaches to crowns on the adjacent teeth. Like an implant, a bridge is not removable; however, unlike an implant, which stands alone, a bridge depends on adjacent teeth to secure it.

• Full dentures—This custom-fitted removable appliance replaces all of the upper or lower teeth and consists of false teeth mounted in a plastic gum-colored base. The full denture relies on the coordination of your muscles for retention. Another option is to use several implants to retain the denture.

• Partial dentures—This custom-fitted removable appliance replaces a few missing teeth and consists of multiple teeth on a gum-colored base. Usually the appliance attaches to the mouth with metal clasps or brackets.

• Baby teeth—If a baby tooth gets knocked out, it should not be put back in the socket. Wait for the adult tooth to erupt.