Initial 2 - Smile Need Help? Know Your Cosmetic Dentistry Options

Does the smile you have not look like the smile you want? Find the solution to your cosmetic dentistry problem at Healthy Dental Expressions and boost your smile’s appearance with ease.

Quick Guide to Cosmetic Dentistry Solutions

Cosmetic dentistry can help you improve every facet of your smile’s appearance. With such a wide array of influence, it is best to have a guide for correcting the cosmetic issues keeping your smile down. Below you will find a quick guide to different cosmetic problems and the solutions our Lake Worth, FL dentist has made available to you.

Dental Stains - Of all of the different aspects of your smile’s appearance, nothing has as much influence …show more content…
and no one had any idea. That was because the breakthrough that leads directly to the effectiveness of dental implants was an accidental discovery by an orthopedic surgeon who was not even looking at dental implants. In fact, he was studying how blood flows in the bones of rabbits. To get the data he needed, he placed titanium cylinders into the leg bones of the rabbits. Later, when he went to remove the cylinders, he found that they had bonded with the bone. This was not a light bond, either. The cylinders had completely bonded to the bone, and this is the happy accident that gives us the dental implants we have today. This bonding process is called osseointegration, and it is a special ability that only titanium has. It is the single biggest reason that dental implants are so effective and last as long as they …show more content…
Stability - We have devoted a good portion of this article to telling you about osseointegration, but what does that actually mean? Dental implants are replacement tooth roots that anchor your dental restoration securely inside your mouth. This restoration can be a single tooth (dental crown) all the way to a whole dental arch (dental bridge or dentures). Regardless of the quantity, your dental implants will hold those restorations in place securely because of osseointegration. The dental implant actually becomes part of the bone structure, not just a metal addition to it.

Bone Protection - Your jaw is in danger of deteriorating when you lose a tooth. This is because your natural teeth play a very important role in supporting and protecting your bone structure. Dental implants take the place of those natural teeth and their roots and support your dental bone in the same fashion.

Nothing Lasts Longer - The first pair of dental implants crafted using the knowledge of osseointegration lasted for 40 years. With all that we have learned regarding dental implant dentistry since 1965, there is every reason to believe that your dental implant restorations will last you for the rest of your