3 Stories when Dental Implants Saved The Day

If you’re looking for information about dental implants, the internet holds a wealth of knowledge in the form of articles, blog posts, and even success stories. Implants are one of the best dental therapies available for a confident smile. Here are three reasons why:

Busted Mouth Blues

Over winter break, 16-year-old Karen was in a car accident. The car she was a passenger in slid on a patch of black ice, and veered into the highway median at high speeds. Karen was badly injured. The passenger air bag didn’t work correctly, and she hit her face and mouth; three front teeth were knocked out.

Just imagine having to return from winter break without your front teeth! She was self-conscious and sad. Just like that, Karen went from being one of the happiest, most engaged girls at school to never smiling or speaking up in class. Thankfully, the change wasn’t permanent. In the aftermath of the accident, she received dental implants. After her sockets and gums healed around the new titanium implants, each tooth was restored with a CEREC same-day crown. By the time prom rolled around, she was smiling again!

Rugby Roughhouse

Jim, a 41-year-old father of three had been feeling his age, and it wasn’t 20 anymore. He joined a rugby team in a “fun” league, practicing every Tuesday evening after work. One night, toward the end of practice, Jim was caught in a rough tackle and took an elbow to his face. The tooth next to his lower left canine popped out. He rinsed it off, put it in milk until the next morning, and took it to the dentist. Unfortunately, it was too long between the injury and the dental appointment and there was no way to successfully reimplant the tooth. Instead, they decided to place a dental implant in the open socket. Once the area healed, they placed a permanent dental crown over the artificial root.

Diabetic Dentition

Diabetes can wreak havoc on your teeth. Janice learned this the hard way when she lost a series of three teeth to the disease. At first the gap wasn’t too visible, except when she smiled wide. But then she lost her canine tooth, and her last molar was starting to feel loose.

Janice could no longer eat on that side of her mouth, and she couldn’t smile without it being really obvious that her teeth were missing. At 53, she experienced more self-doubt and self-consciousness than ever before.

Her dentist provided her a list of options, including a partial denture, bridgework, and implants. Although the implants would be a longer, more expensive process, she and her husband decided they were the best option. Her jaw had thinned where the first few teeth were removed, so she needed to have a bone graft before the implants could be placed. But within a 6-month time period, she was able to eat and smile confidently again. By managing her diabetes well and taking good care of her new dental implants, Janice’s new smile can last a lifetime.

Dental implants serve a variety of purposes for different people. They are very likely the best and longest lasting type of replacement “tooth” in modern dentistry.