Dental Implants vs. Dentures

DENTAL IMPLANTS vs. DENTURES DENTAL HEALTH IN AMERICA MORE THAN 1 IN 5 PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY HAVE UNTREATED CAVITIES 75% 69% 23% OF ADULTS OVER 65 ARE OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD DENTAL RESTORATIONS OF ADULTS 35-44 ARE MISSING AT LEAST ONE TOOTH MISSING ALL OF THEIR TEETH • THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF 32 REMAINING TEETH IN ADULTS OVER 65 18.9 • THE NUMBER OF TEETH ADULTS SHOULD HAVE DENTAL IMPLANTS DENTURES • PERMANENCE DENTAL IMPLANTS ARE PLACED IN THE BONE CREATING INTEGRATION SIMILAR TO YOUR TEETH. PERMANENTLY, CREATING INTEGRATION SIMILAR TO DENTURES ARE REMOVABLE AND CAN SLIP OUT OF PLACE. YOUR TEETH. IMPLANTS WILL NOT DECAY • HYGIENE IMPROPERLY FITTED DENTURES AND PARTIAL AND DO NOOT HARBOR BACTERIAL GROWTH IF PROPERLY MAINTAINED. DENTURES MAY PROMOTE DECAY IN REMAINING TEETH. • COMFORT IMPLANTS ARE COMFORT- DENTURES CAN PINCH AND ABLE, FEEL NATURAL, AND YOU CAN EAT WHAT YOU IRRITATE YOUR GUMS AND CHEEKS, MAKING EATING CERTAIN FOODS DIFFICULT WANT, ALLOWING YOU TO RESUME YOUR ACTIVE LIFE AND SELF- CONFIDENCE. OR IMPOSSIBLE. • APPEARANCE IMPLANTS LOOK LIKE AND FEEL LIKE NATURAL TEETH. IMPLANTS ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "A THIRD DENTURES CAN LOOK UNNATURAL AND MAKE YOU APPEAR OLDER THAN YOU ARE. SET OF TEETH". • CARE IMPLANTS ARE EASY TO DENTURES REQUIRE DAILY MAINTENANCE AND CAUSE TAKE CARE OF WHEN YOU BRUSH AND FLOSS REGU- BAD BREATH DUE TO BAC- LARLY, THE SAME AS YOUR NATURAL TEETH. TERIA GROWTH AND FOOD CAUGHT UNDER THEM. • BONE LOSS IMPLANTS INTEGRATE WITH DENTURES CAN LEAD TO THE JAWBONE, CREATING A NATURAL, HEALTHY JAWBONE. CONTINUED BONE LOSS IN THE AREAS AND AROUND WHERE TEETH ARE MISSING. MANY DENTISTS LONGEVITY DENTAL IMPLANTS CAN LAST A LIFETIME WITH PROPER MAINTENANCE. RECOMMEND REPLACING DENTURES EVERY 5-7 YEARS DUE TO ADDITIONAL BONE AND TOOTH LOSS. INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY: SOURCES: HTTP://Www.CDC.GOv/ORALHEALTH/PUBLICATIONS/FACTSHEETS/ ADULT_OLDER.HTM UAD HTTP://www.CDC.GOV/NCHS/DATA/DATABRIEFS/DB96.HTM HTTP://www.ORALB.COM/TOPICS/IMPLANTS-OR-DENTURES.ASPX UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATES IN DENTISTRY HTTP://www.DENTALIMPLANTSONLINE.COM/PATIENTS/IMPLANTS-VS- DENTURES.ASPX HTTP://wwW.AAOMS.ORG/DENTAL_IMPLANTS.PHP HTTP://Www.COLGATE.COM/APP/CP/US/EN/oc/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/ ORAL-AND-DENTAL-HEALTH-BASICS/CHECKUPS-AND-DENTAL PROCEDURES/DENTURES-AND-DENTAL-IMPLANTS/ARTICLE/WHAT- ARE-DENTURES.CVSP HTTP://wwW.NIDCR.NIH.GOV/DATASTATISTICS/FINDDATABYTOPIC/ www.BESTDENTALIMPLANTSINCHICAGO.COM TOOTHLOSS/TOOTHLOSSSENIORS65ANDOLDER.HTM