If you're going to have a dental implant procedure done in the near future, then of course you want to do everything you can to minimize your recovery time and avoid post-procedural complications—especially when you consider that the average cost of a single dental implant around $4,000. The last thing you want is to have to spend more money on having the implant redone or dealing with complications at the implant site.
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Dental implants are the ideal way to hold your dentures in place. The implants attach to your bone, and the dentures snap onto the implants. This holds the dentures firmly and eliminates problems with slipping while eating and speaking. Getting implants can be a long and involved process that is done in stages over several months. This is what you can expect.
Optional Bone Graft
You may not need to have a bone graft.
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When you wake up in the morning, does your jaw hurt? Have you noticed small chips on your teeth, even though you haven't had a tooth injury? Between 30 to 40 million people suffer from bruxism: the act of grinding or clenching your teeth. Here are a few ways to prevent bruxism from ruining your smile.
Know the Signs
To lessen the effects of bruxism, you must first be able to recognize the signs of it.
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Many individual's 3rd largest fear—only being topped by public speaking and death—is going to the dentist. Whether this phobia stems from fear of painful procedures, finding out the consequences of years of neglect, or that dreaded dentist bill; the result is the same: avoiding the dentist at all costs. It is not until excruciating mouth pain overrides these unreasonable fears that many finally give in and go to the dentist. The most common of these complaints includes needing to have unruly wisdom teeth extracted.
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Ideally, all children should see a dentist by the time they're six months old or when the first tooth emerges--whichever comes first. However, at six months old, most children don't understand what's going on during the first dentist visit. Furthermore, since there's only one tooth present (or possibly no teeth at all, yet), a child doesn't truly get to experience a real dental exam and cleaning until they're a few years old.
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