This two-part article series explains how dental implants are capable of restoring a patient’s full smile in the short term and, through the promotion of good jaw bone health, maintaining a beautiful smile in the long term.

1. This two-part article series explains how dental implants are capable of
restoring a patient’s full smile in the short term and, through the promotion of
good jaw bone health, maintaining a beautiful smile in the long term.
The smile is one of our most important physical assets. It plays an integral role in attraction
and in the communication of the whole spectrum of emotion. So, when one or more teeth are
lost to decay, bacterial infection or physical trauma, it has a devastating effect upon one’s self-
confidence. Unfortunately, a gappy smile totally distracts one’s audience from the emotion one
is trying to convey. Thankfully, New York dental implants offer both a functional and aesthetic
solution to single and multiple missing teeth. In our previous article post on New York dental
implants, we focused upon the short term aesthetic benefits afforded by these ingenious tooth
replacement devices. In this article, the final installment of a two-part series, we shall be
exploring how dental implants actually help to preserve one’s youthful facial contours by
preventing jaw bone atrophy.
New York Dental Implants: Understanding Jaw Bone Atrophy
Bone tissue, just like every muscle in your body, requires ‘exercise’ or stimulation in order to
remain alive and healthy. The roots of your teeth provide this stimulation by transmitting the
natural forces associated with eating and chewing to the
underlying jaw bone tissue. So, when one or more of your
teeth fall out as a result of trauma or decay, the hard tissue
at the site/s of the missing tooth or teeth lose the
stimulation they need to remain alive and vital. So, what
happens then?
Without stimulation, the bone tissue in the jaw begins to
atrophy and wastes away! And the subsequent loss of bone
volume has a dramatic effect upon the appearance – the
‘fullness’ - of the jaw line. When these natural facial contours
begin to change, with time, it results in the aged and sunken
appearance we typically associate with elderly denture-wearers. It doesn’t take much to
imagine how many years this can add onto your face!

2. New York Dental Implants: Preventing Premature Aging
New York dental implants, unlike traditional technologies,
such as bridges and removable dentures, replace the entire
missing tooth from the root to the crown. By replacing that
fundamental source of stimulation formerly supplied by the
tooth root, New York dental implants keep the bone tissue in
the jaw alive and healthy. By preventing atrophy of the jaw
bone, its youthful shape is preserved, which keeps you – the
patient – looking young, strong and healthy! In addition to
smile and facial aesthetics, New York dental implants enable
patients to eat all the foods they love, without compromise or discrimination. And maintaining
a healthy and well-nourished body is fundamental in keeping you looking and feeling young.
A Final Note on New York Dental Implants
When it comes to finding a comfortable and comprehensive solution to single and multiple
missing teeth, thousands of qualified and experienced dentists across the world are in
agreement when they say that dental implants offer the very best and most sophisticated tooth
replacement solution. With a lifespan of decades (almost always without the need for
restoration), having New York dental implants placed represents a long term investment in
your oral health, the quality of your smile and all the confidence it brings.