Dentist Walnut Creek Choosing Dentures or Implants

Dentures or Dental Implants in Walnut Creek

Losing teeth as a child is expected but doesn’t have to be if you are an adult. In fact, losing teeth at an older age can be a quite severe issue to tackle not only from an oral health but a whole body health issue as well. For this very reason, we pride ourselves on being the top provider of dental implants in Walnut Creek for patients of all ages.

 

Many times when it comes to choosing an option for your tooth loss, however, the choice may not always be so clear. Your Walnut Creek dentists have come together and compiled the following information for you today to try and help inform you on what is out there. Denture or dental implants, what are the best means of missing teeth replacement for you?

 

The cliché image of a grandparent taking out their dentures and putting them next to their bed is not as accurate as it may once have been. The dentures of today? Well, they are not your grandparent’s dentures anymore. While they are still available as either complete or partial sets of artificial teeth that can replace any missing ones, they are made much stronger and to look much more realistic today. If in need of replacing several teeth, while having concerns about budget and a short time frame for placement, dentures still stand as a great replacement choice.

 

Dental implants, while existing in some capacity for centuries, have truly come into the forefront of advanced dentistry within the last 50 years or so. To place an implant, a titanium post is placed under the gum line where a tooth once was, and a natural looking fake tooth is placed at the top of the post. Considering this process takes more time, with healing needed between the steps (approximately 6 months) and more precise steps are usually needed- implants can be a more expensive option compared to dentures. However, they are the most natural looking and feeling means of tooth replacement available today.

 

To gain more information on dental implants in Walnut Creek, or to discuss your missing teeth replacement options further- call our office today at (925) 937-9017.