It’s a common occurrence for someone to neglect their dental hygiene from time to time due to a busy work or school schedule. Many Haleiwa area residents have skipped a brushing or flossing from time to time, often leading to the occasional cavity. When a dental patient neglects their teeth on a regular basis, they can start to suffer more significant problems than a simple cavity or toothache. When your teeth aren’t taken care of properly, you run the risk of enamel damage and infection. An infected tooth can be a serious problem for a patient to deal with, due to the amount of severe pain involved and the risk of health complications due to the infection itself.
When a tooth becomes infected, it often leads to the enamel breaking down quickly, especially if the enamel was already broken due to damage or a cavity. In most cases, a damaged tooth can be repaired if you visit your dentist soon enough to prevent further damage from occurring. Unfortunately for many patients, by the time they do visit their dentist their tooth will be broken down beyond repair. When a tooth can’t be repaired with dental cement and a crown, the only solution a dentist will have left will involved extracting the tooth entirely. A tooth extraction can’t take place if the infection is still present, however, since there will be a higher risk of the infection entering the patient’s bloodstream. Once the tooth is extract, dentists will usually choose to replace the tooth with Dental Implants in Haleiwa to restore the patient’s chewing ability.
Dentists prefer dental implants in Surrey over dentures for a variety of reasons, the most common one being how much healthier they are. Dentures end up compacting the bone in your jaw as you chew over time, requiring bone grafts to build it back up to a healthy level. Dental implants, on the other hand, actually promote bone growth as you chew. The anchors used for dental implants act as your original tooth’s root would, by stimulating the bone they are anchored into every time you chew so that new bone growth occurs.
