Replace Missing Teeth Midlothian
Regain Your Confidence with a Full Set of Teeth
Whether we’re talking about your molars, canines, or incisors, each of your teeth contributes to the functioning of a larger and important system. They allow you to speak by helping you pronounce certain sounds and words, eat and digest your food by breaking it down and combining it with your saliva, and express how you feel to others. When one or more of your teeth goes missing, it can impact nearly every aspect of your life. Fortunately, our team offers several modern answers to replace missing teeth in Midlothian. Schedule a consultation to learn which one fits your needs the best!
Why Choose Long Family Dental for Replacing Missing Teeth?
- Family-Owned Dental Office
- In-Network with Dental Insurance
- Experienced Dental Team
Dental Bridges
The dental bridge will be made of two customized crowns designed to fit snugly on the teeth as well as an appropriate number of false teeth, or pontics, to fill the actual gap. Your natural teeth will serve as support for the bridge, so it’s important to still have healthy teeth on either side of the gap. We can use a variety of materials to make bridges, such as gold alloys, porcelain bonded to metal alloy, or all-ceramic. If you’re mainly concerned about aesthetics, ceramic is the best choice, but different patients may have different requirements when it comes to restoration strength and durability.
Dental Implants
For our patients who are looking for the best of the best of both form and function, dental implants are the gold standard for replacing missing teeth. Because they replace both the roots and crowns of teeth, they look and feel completely lifelike, allowing you to smile and eat with absolute confidence. Another great advantage of dental implants is that they can replace one, several, or all missing teeth in a row, making them incredibly versatile.
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Dentures
There are actually two kinds of dentures, but they have one thing in common: they replace multiple teeth at once. This might become necessary when the bone loss around your existing teeth becomes so severe that it can’t provide the support they need anymore. Also, if you’ve lost an extensive number of teeth already, then you might need dentures if there aren’t enough salvageable teeth remaining.
At Long Family Dental, we definitely prefer saving teeth to removing them, but there are times where we might have to simply remove your teeth entirely. After the extraction process, we will create dentures that are personalized based on an impression of your mouth. They don’t necessarily have to replace every tooth in the mouth; partial dentures are specially designed to fit into gaps scattered throughout your smile. You can normally expect to need a short period of time to adjust to dentures. Once you do, you can return to eating, speaking, and smiling normally. If you want to give your dentures the most stability possible, we recommend having them anchored to dental implants.