Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The Sun City Dentist Reveals Nine Shocking Facts About Dentures, PART 2

This two part article series presents some pretty disturbing facts about the toll removable dentures or false teeth take on your oral health and quality of life.

Dentures in Arizona have long been the teeth replacement technology of choice. But since the design and perfection of sophisticated dental implant protocols for fixed oral rehabilitation, patients no longer have to consign their life to the challenges, difficulties and expenses associated with this very archaic technology, says the Sun City dentist. In our previous article post, we discussed four shocking facts about dentures in Arizona. The take-home messages were:

  • Dentures require refitting and replacement every few years or so.
  • They do not support a healthy jaw bone, says the Sun City dentist.
  • For every year that a patient wears dentures in Arizona, they lose valuable bone volume in the jaw.
  • Half of all the patients that wear dentures in Arizona prefer to eat without them because they cause so much discomfort and pain.
  • Partial dentures do incredible damage to the natural teeth used to support them, says the Sun City dentist.

In this article, the final installment of this two-part series, the Sun City dentist shall look at five more shocking facts about dentures in Arizona.

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FACT # 5: A mouth full of natural teeth can bite down with a force of about 200 pounds per square inch, says the Sun City dentist. That’s how you can tuck into that steak, chips and crispy salad without struggling. Denture-wearers, on the other hand, can only bite down with a force of 50 pounds per square inch and this reduces their bite functionality by a shocking 75%. But the very worst of it is that patients who have been wearing dentures in Arizona for more than 15 years only have a bite force of 6 pounds. Essentially, these poor people’s bite functionality has been reduced by a staggering 97%, says the Sun City dentist. How is this possible? Dentures in Arizona do not promote the health of the underlying jaw bone and its resultant atrophication and remodeling greatly reduce a patient’s ability to eat properly.

FACT # 6: Most dentures shift around uncomfortably when you eat, no matter how well they are made to fit, says the Sun City dentist. It is just an unfortunate problem and challenge that patients have to become accustomed to.

FACT # 7: As a direct result of the difficulties and challenges caused by eating, most denture wearers have a lesser nutritional intake, with 30% of them only being able to manage soft and highly processed foods. In fact, says the Sun City dentist, many elderly denture-wearers suffer from malnutrition! This has a tremendous impact upon one’s quality of life and can even decrease your lifespan by a shocking 10 years.

FACT # 8: Dental implants used to replace single missing teeth have a fantastic success rate of 98% and do absolutely no damage to the nature adjacent teeth, says the Sun City dentist.

FACT # 9: Dental implants can be used to support a fully customized prosthetic dental bridge or denture, says the Sun City dentist. This procedure for fixed oral rehabilitation has a 95% success rate over a full ten-year period. The use of dental implants slows the loss of bone tissue in the jaw, making it a much more favorable teeth replacement solution than dentures in Arizona.

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A Final Note from the Sun City Dentist

It was the point of this series to highlight the importance of opting for better and more sophisticated teeth replacement solutions rather than following in your parents’ and grandparents’ footsteps. Qualified and experienced Sun City dentists recommend dental implants time and again, even if you have lost all of your original adult teeth to dental decay and periodontal (gum) disease.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Nine Shocking Facts About Dentures in Arizona, PART 1

This two part article series presents some pretty disturbing facts about the toll removable dentures or false teeth take on your oral health and quality of life.

Dentures in Arizona have long been the solution to edentulism (not having a single original adult tooth left) and near-edentulism. Perhaps you consider dentures in Arizona to be the future of your oral health because your parents and your grandparents wore them. However, with the sophistication of modern dental implant procedures and their ability to treat edentulism, more and more people are opting for fixed oral rehabilitation, explains the Sun City dentist. And this is for a very good reason: the benefits and advantages of dental implants over dentures in Arizona are as numerous as they are diverse. If you currently wear dentures or are thinking about getting dentures in Arizona, then stop and consider the advantages of dental implants instead. Here are nine shocking facts about dentures; facts that will have you reconsidering your decision to consign yourself to a life of acute discomfort, endless challenges and repeat expenses.

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Fact # 1: After a period of five years, only 40% of patients are still wearing their original dentures in Arizona. The other 60% have had to have broken, ill-fitting and functionally impaired dentures refitted or thrown away and replaced entirely. What does this say about utility and value? Not much, says the Sun City dentist.

Fact # 2: Half of all denture-wearers say that they actually eat better and more comfortably without their false teeth. This highlights massive problems with this archaic technology, says the Sun City dentist. Dentures in Arizona are supposed to help patients who don’t have any or most of their teeth to eat with a degree of comfort and confidence. Clearly the mark is being missed if 50% of edentulous patients would rather remove their teeth for mealtime!

Fact # 3: Dentures in Arizona (full and partials) do not support a healthy jaw bone. Instead of transmitting the stimulating forces associated with eating into the jaw bone, as is the case with natural teeth or dental implants, it gets directed into the gums underlying the denture. This not only causes irritation and inflammation of the soft tissue, as well as the development of sores, but it means that the jaw bone is going without the ‘exercise’ it needs to remain alive and healthy, explains the Sun City dentist. The result is atrophy and the loss of hard tissue in the bone. The remodeling of the jaw bone is what causes dentures in Arizona to become increasingly difficult to eat with over the years. It’s what necessitates refitting every few years or so and ultimately, makes any teeth replacement solution or treatment very difficult and even doubtful.

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Fact # 4: A scientific study conducted on the effects of partial dentures in Arizona revealed that 40% of the natural healthy teeth used to support partials had been lost to fracture damage and decay after a period of 8 years. In other words, explains the Sun City dentist, getting partial dentures fitted can literally be the end of the road for your remaining teeth!

Dentures in Arizona: Stay Tuned

Stay tuned for the second installment of this two-part article series if you want to find out more shocking facts about dentures in Arizona.

Monday, September 10, 2012

8 Interesting Things You Never Knew About Dental Implants, PART 2

This two-part article series discusses eight interesting and impressive facts about dental implants as a replacement solution for single and multiple missing teeth.

Welcome back to our two-part article series on dental implants and some of the fascinating facts that makes this technology so impressive! We’ve already looked at the first four facts and to briefly recap, they were:

  1. Humans have been using dental implants for thousands of years. Evidence of implants that were fashioned from bone, ivory, seashell, iron, gold and precious stones have been found in ancient Egyptian, Roman and Mayan archaeological sites.
  2. Modern dental implants are fabricated from the exceptionally strong and lightweight metal titanium: the same metal used to make spacecraft!
  3. The titanium posts of dental implants actually biologically bonding with living bone tissue; a process no other stable and non-toxic metal is capable of.
  4. Dental implants enable patients to bite down with a natural force of 200 pounds per square inch, as opposed to denture wearers (50 pounds).

Did You Know? Dental implants can replace single missing teeth, or they can provide completely edentulous (toothless) patients with a full set of new and non-removable teeth.

Dental ImplantDental implants provide comprehensive and long term tooth replacement solutions, whether you’ve lost one tooth or all of them. The implant – the actual titanium tooth root – can be used to support an artificial tooth crown, which is fabricated from ceramic material. This is recommended for patients presenting with one or more isolated teeth that have gone missing. They can, however, also be used to support a customized prosthetic dental bridge, which can replace an entire dental arch.

Did You Know? Dental implants in Arizona have a lifespan of 20, 30 years and longer.


The very first dental implant Dental Implants Arizonaever placed were done so in the 1960’s on a patient who had anomalously never grown permanent teeth. These implants lasted 40 years! Modern dental implants typically have a lifespan of anywhere between 20 to 40 years and longer, depending on how well patients care for their teeth and how closely they follow the dentist’s post-procedure instructions for care. If you look after your new teeth well, there’s no reason why – and excuse the morbidity of this – you can’t take your dental implants to the grave!

Did You Know? Dental implant procedures enjoy a success rate of 98%

Only two out of every 100 patients will experience dental implant failure. What can you do to ensure the success of your tooth replacement procedure?

  • Always opt for the services of a qualified and experienced implant dentist.
  • Follow post-operative instructions to the letter; this will allow your dental implants to heal successfully.
  • Smokers experience a much reduced chance of dental implant success. This is because tobacco-use greatly hinders healing in the mouth. Quit smoking if you want dental implants placed!
  • Good oral hygiene is imperative if infection is to be avoided.

Did You Know? Tooth loss may be a fact of life, but it doesn’t have to be.

Dental ImplantsThere are over 20 million Americans that are currently missing every single one of their original adult teeth. A further 100 million have lost between 11 and 15 of their natural teeth. Countless more have lost between one and three. According to these statistics, tooth loss and the need for dental implants would appear to be something we all experience at some stage during our lifetime. But it doesn’t have to be, stress implant dentists. With a high standard of oral hygiene, regular visits to the dentist and avoiding habits such as smoking and excessive drinking, there’s no reason why you can’t keep your full set of pearly whites for life.

If, however, you ever face the need to have a tooth replaced, make sure you opt for the very best and most sophisticated technology on the market: dental implants!

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

8 Interesting Things You Never Knew About Dental Implants in Arizona, PART 1

This two-part article series discusses eight interesting and impressive facts about dental implants as a replacement solution for single and multiple missing teeth.


Thought you knew everything there was to know about dental implants? Think again! Dental implants provide a comprehensive and long term replacement solution for missing teeth, whether you have lost one or two of them to sudden accidental trauma, or all of them to periodontal (gum) disease. This sophisticated dental technology comes with some pretty interesting and impressive facts, which you can read all about in this two-part article series.

Did You Know? Humans have been using dental implants for thousands of years.

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Dental implants as we know them were really conceived in the 1950s and introduced as a commercial technology in the 1980s, but the concept behind teeth replacement has been around for thousands of years. Ancient Egyptians who had lost a tooth would fashion a crude replacement out of a variety of materials, depending upon their class and wealth status. The richer classes would use gold, ivory or precious stones while aesthetically-aware members of the poorer classes would opt for shell and bone. Evidence of early dental implants (sea shell) has also been found in ancient Mayan archaeological excavations. The ancient Romans also had their version of dental implants, but these were fabricated from iron.

Did You Know? Dental implants in Arizona are constructed from the same material as space shuttles.

Modern dental implants are made from titanium, which, for its incredible strength and lightweight properties, is also used in the fabrication of space shuttles and professional tennis racquets! Titanium metal is also a stable, non-toxic element and non-corrosive, so it’s safe to use and won’t oxidize or rust, which is important in the moist environment of your mouth.

Did You Know? Dental implants in Arizona actually fuse or bond with living bone?

The real secret behind the success of titanium in the fabrication of dental implants is the unique ability of this metal to biologically bond with living bone tissue; a process termed ‘osseointegration.’ This enables dental implants to remain permanently fixed in the mouth. In fact, it is osseointegration that makes dental implants the closest thing to real teeth modern dental science can offer those who have lost one or more of their original pearly whites.

Did You Know? Dental implants enable patients to bite down with a natural force of 200 pounds per square inch.

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Once they have healed successfully, dental implants, which are supported entirely by the underlying jaw bone, are able to support a totally natural bite. A patient with healthy teeth bites down with a force of approximately 200 pounds per inch and dental implants in Arizona closely match that. Patients that wear removable dentures, on the other hand, can only bite down with a force of 50 pounds. The real shocker is that those who have been wearing dentures for more than 15 years can only bite down with a force of 6 pounds. This not only severely restricts their diet, but is perhaps the predominant reason why many elderly denture-wearers suffer from malnutrition!

Stay Tuned!

To read more interesting facts about dental implants in Arizona, stay tuned for the second installment of the series.