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From Gaps to Grins: Transforming Your Smile with Dental Implants

March 24, 2025
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Posted By: Lucio H. Kim, DDS
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Dental Implants in Glendale Can Give You a Smile Do-Over!

It’s true! No other tooth replacement option offers the benefits of dental implants, and they are so like natural teeth that you may forget which tooth is a prosthetic!

Of course, we offer various tooth replacement options, but dental implants are still the gold standard.

How Dental Implants Are Different

We design other prosthetics, such as dental bridges and dentures, to stand in for missing teeth, and they have their benefits. But only dental implants preserve your jawbone health and guard against deterioration. They also protect you from tooth migration or teeth slipping into smile gaps.

Dental implants never rock or tilt and never require relines or adhesives. With excellent dental care, they can last for decades and even for life. These benefits make dental implants genuinely transformative.

Dental Implants in Glendale, CA, Can Replace Multiple Missing Teeth

We can use a porcelain crown to top a dental implant and act as your prosthetic tooth. However, patients missing multiple teeth can also enjoy the health benefits dental implants offer since two to six dental implants can support a bridge or denture, which replaces an entire arch of missing teeth. Dental implants provide stability that denture wearers appreciate, so there is no movement or slippage when you talk or eat.

Caring for Tooth Implants Is Simple

After implant placement, you'll continue with preventive dentistry and an excellent oral hygiene routine. This is the best way to protect your dental implant and ensure its health and stability. 

Brushing and flossing an implant tooth is simple because it's just like brushing a natural tooth. When you commit to a consistent home care routine and visit your Glendale dentist every six months for routine checkups, your dental implant has the potential to last a lifetime. 

How Dental Implants Work to Transform Your Smile

A dental implant is a tooth root replacement surgically placed in the jawbone. It integrates into that bone over several months. When complete, we top your dental implant with a custom crown above the gumline. This crown is perfectly color-matched to your natural teeth.

If you have complete or substantial tooth loss, speak to the dentist about implant-supported dentures and bridges. We use approximately four to six dental implant posts to stabilize an entire arch of replacement teeth.

We can complete a single dental implant or incorporate it into a smile makeover that may include other options, such as crowns and porcelain veneers.Image of a dental implant on its side, glendale ca

Of course, the first step is your tooth replacement consultation, during which we can determine if dental implants are right for you!

Are You Looking for a Dental Implant Dentist in Glendale, CA?

To learn more about our tooth replacement options, including dental implants, or to schedule your consultation with the dentist, contact our dental practice at (818) 242-3739 to get started.

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