What are your Options - lakewood, CO
Restore Your Smile at the Premier Colorado Implant Center
An attractive smile is about more than aesthetics; it reflects your overall health and well-being. A smile with missing teeth can impact everything from your emotional and physical health to your personal and professional relationships. The good news is our team can help you leave these issues behind with a wide range of personalized dental implants in Lakewood, CO. Dental implants at Touchstone Dental Implant Center offer unrivaled versatility because they can replace any number of missing teeth from just one to a completely edentulous (toothless) mouth!
Dental implants are artificial tooth roots surgically placed in your jawbone. During the healing phase, the screw-like posts integrate with your underlying bone in osseointegration. While the healing and integration phase varies from person to person, this typically takes three to six months. After fusion, a custom-made crown, bridge, or full mouth prosthesis is permanently attached to the implant abutments. Dental implants restore nearly 100% of your chewing function and preserve your jawbone density, thereby preventing further bone loss and undesirable facial changes.
Whether you’re missing a tooth due to injury or decay, a single dental implant provides a permanent and natural-looking solution. If your tooth has been missing, you may need bone augmentation before surgery to restore adequate bone to support the implant.
The dental procedure involves replacing the missing tooth root with an artificial one and attaching a customized crown to the abutment after healing and fusion. A dental implant is considered the most effective and long-lasting solution for replacing a missing tooth because it’s the only option to restore the tooth root.
Although a traditional bridge is a cost-effective option for replacing a single missing tooth, it requires modification and crowns on two supporting teeth. An implant-supported bridge eliminates the need to cut down healthy teeth and relies on implants to fill smile gaps.
Unlike a traditional bridge, implants help stimulate the jawbone to keep it healthy. An implant bridge is a great option for replacing two or more missing teeth in a row. In addition to better withstanding daily chewing and biting forces, this option is less prone to gum recession and lasts longer.
If you aren’t wearing your dentures because they don’t stay in place, implant-supported dentures in Lakewood, CO, can be a game-changer. Unlike traditional dentures, this option relies on the stable support of strategically placed dental implants. Unlike some practices that offer snap-in overdentures, we only offer fixed dentures at Touchstone Dental Implant Center because they provide far superior benefits.
The denture is usually fixed to the implants with a bar locator. However, depending on your preference, the teeth can be 3D printed or milled at our on-site lab using natural-looking acrylic or zirconia.
With our Your Teeth Your Way custom full-arch protocol, Dr. Justin Becerra believes in overengineering cases for long-term success. In most cases, six dental implants are placed in the upper arch and five in the lower arch. Dr. Becerra charges per case rather than the number of implants used.
This protocol is like All-on-X dental implants because it involves strategic placement of implants in areas with the strongest bone and often enables immediate-load temporary teeth. Many patients who undergo full-mouth dental implant surgery choose IV sedation to ensure a stress-free experience.
Dr. Becerra offers zirconia implants for missing teeth in Lakewood, CO, but only for patients with true titanium allergies. While zirconia is naturally hypoallergenic and corrosion-resistant, it tends to be more expensive than titanium and can be prone to fracture.
In general terms, zirconia is best for replacing teeth in the smile zone, however, it isn’t strong enough for teeth in the back of the mouth (molars). Clinical studies on the long-term success and viability of zirconia dental implants are limited because the use of ceramic material for implants is relatively new compared to titanium.
When you choose Touchstone Dental Implant Center to restore your smile, you’ll meet a collaborative team dedicated to delivering transformative implant care that improves lives. While we rely on advanced technology and extensive skills to restore smiles, we believe compassion and a nurturing setting are key to delivering an above-and-beyond-implant experience.
We stand behind our work with a 10-year warranty and will even fabricate one set of complimentary new teeth down the road if you strictly follow our six-month maintenance schedule. In addition to offering free initial consultations and second opinions, Dr. Becerra is skilled in rescuing failing implants with the clinically proven LAPIP™ protocol.
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