Implants
When teeth have been lost, dental implants in Mount Laurel NJ offer a permanent, aesthetic, fully-functional method of replacing those teeth. Dental implants offer several advantages over other types of missing tooth replacement options:
- Dental implants in Mount Laurel NJ look and feel great, just like natural teeth. You will only need to care for your dental implants like your other teeth by brushing and flossing regularly and seeing your dentist for dental implants cleanings and examinations.
- They protect your jaw bone structure in both your upper and lower jaws when you have missing teeth. With implants, your jaw bones receive the normal amount of stimulus from biting and chewing. The body will not break down this bone and absorb it as it would when teeth are missing helping prevent bone loss.
- Unlike dentures, implants won’t slip or move. You will be able to eat whatever you want rather than being restricted like you might be if you had dentures.
- Implants can last for many decades. Bridges may not last that long and dentures often need replacing from time to time.
- Implants can also be used to secure bridges, partial dentures or complete dentures as well as being replacements for individual missing tooths.
Infection Prevention with Platelet-Rich Fibrin
At Mount Laurel Dental & Implant Center, we are pleased to offer our patients infection prevention with platelet-rich fibrin. This innovative treatment both improves healing time and helps fight infection after dental implant placement.
Platelet-rich fibrin comes from your own blood. While you’re being prepared for a dental implant or extraction, we will take a vial of your blood. This vial is placed in a centrifuge (medical spinning machine) where it is spun for several minutes. Your blood will separate into three layers: a layer of dark red cells, an almost-clear layer of plasma and a small jelly-like layer of platelet-rich fibrin.
This fibrin contains a high proportion of proteins that improve the healing of surgical sites such as when teeth are pulled or dental implants are placed. Placing fibrin in these areas that have experienced surgery helps them form a protective clot and begin healing more quickly. There is a reduced chance of a dry socket that occurs when the blood clot is lost. A dry socket lengthens healing time and can be quite painful.
Our implant dentistry in Mount Laurel NJ began offering treatment with platelet-rich fibrin because we want the very best results for each one of our patients.