Could I Be a Candidate for Dental Implants if I was Previously Told “No?”
By Joseph Pizzarello | Published on September 29, 2010
Whether your missing teeth resulted from a particular injury or a specific dental issue, one thing’s for sure: Living without all of your teeth is certainly far from fun. After all, depending on the location inside your mouth, missing teeth can be just plain unsightly. And in some cases, even a single missing tooth can make eating and chewing difficult.
More important, however, is the fact that missing teeth can actually end up impacting the rest of your mouth health-wise. The absence of just one tooth can alter your bone structure and put your gums at risk for infection and recession. When faced with missing teeth, therefore, it’s important to do something to treat the situation–and that’s where dental implants come in.
Dental implants are a popular method of tooth restoration that offer natural, comfortable results. Much preferred by most patients over dentures, dental implants blend in beautifully with natural teeth to create a look that is as authentic as it is visually pleasing.
But what if you were told in the past that your mouth wasn’t a candidate for dental implants? Should you give up hope forever?
According to Dr. Joseph Pizzarello of Pizzarello and Silvestro Family Dentistry, absolutely not. As a Stoneham dentist offering dental implants to patients in need, Dr. Pizzarello insists that just because you weren’t a suitable candidate for dental implants years ago doesn’t mean that the same holds true today.
According to Dr. Pizzarello, advances in dentistry and dental technology have impacted the extent to which patients can receive implants. In fact, plenty of people who had previously resigned themselves to the idea of wearing traditional dentures forever have been able, in recent years, to benefit from new dental implant technology.
If you were told in the past that you weren’t a candidate for dental implants, then Dr. Pizzarello insists that it can’t hurt to revisit the issue and get a second opinion from a qualified dental professional. After all, you have little to lose, and you owe it to yourself to achieve a smile that you can sport proudly.
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