Dental Implant vs Dentures
Implants offer many advantages over dentures.
Dental implant solution
- Virtually stops bone loss/ deterioration
- Maintains integrity of facial structure
- Improves facial appearance, restoring lost lip support and minimising wrinkles
- Increases comfort
- Restores natural biting and chewing capacity
- Improves nutrition and health
- Increases stability - replacement teeth will not move around or fall out
Denture disadvantages
- Dentures can cause gum irritation and can contribute to further decay
- leading to the eventual loss of more teeth
- Compromise integrity of facial structures
- Accelerate visible aging due to unattractive changes in facial appearance
- Cause pain, sore spots, and denture breath
- Require relining as bone shrinks away
- Require adhesives
- Cause an inability to eat certain foods
