A healthy smile is priceless. If yours is incomplete due to tooth loss, explore your tooth replacement options with Dr. Scott Wingard or Dr. Caleb Morris at Summerville Dentistry in Augusta and Evans, GA. Dental implants, bridgework, dentures—you and your dentist will determine what's best for your oral health, function, and smile aesthetics.
When you lose teeth...
Everything changes: you're too embarrassed to smile, you can't efficiently bite, chew, or speak, and your gum tissue and bone shrink, leaving the remaining teeth to shift position.
Accordingly, your dentist at Summerville Dentistry wants to replace teeth as soon as possible after extraction or accidental loss.
When you replace teeth...
You gain back oral function, self-confidence, smile aesthetics and, in the case of dental implants, jaw bone strength and size. Additionally, your facial features retain a fuller, more youthful appearance when you receive your new teeth.
Your tooth replacement options
At our offices in Augusta and Evans, GA, dental implants top the list of tooth replacements. A single-tooth implant is composed of a titanium screw or cylinder surgically inserted into the jaw bone beneath the gums. After a period of healing (osseointegration), the implant is strong enough to accept a metal extension post and porcelain crown.
Dental implants last a lifetime and look, feel, and function just like real teeth, including in their ability to exercise and strengthen supporting bone. Multiple implants anchor partial or full dentures for unparalleled biting and chewing.
Another tooth replacement choice is fixed bridgework. A bridge is made up of one or more artificial teeth, or pontics, attached to and supported by crowns on both sides of the smile gap. The size of the smile gap determines the number of crowns you'll need to optimize the strength of this reliable prosthetic.
Finally, conventional partial and full dentures replace some or all your teeth as needed. Partials stay in place with metal clasps. Traditional full dentures stay put with the natural suction created by saliva and your gum tissue.
Some full dentures are placed after dental extractions to complete a smile immediately and speed healing of suture sites. Other dentures are placed after complete healing, giving the patient better denture fit and retention.
Come to Summerville Dentistry
Whether you visit our Augusta or Evans, GA, locations, you'll receive excellent care and the finest in tooth replacement materials and fabrication. For our Augusta office, phone (706) 738-4723. In Evans, GA, dial (706) 250-2998.