All sorts of medical problems can result from losing teeth.  Not only will a person suffer from an incomplete smile and confront daily difficulties when trying to eat a normal diet, but he or she must also deal with even more serious challenges that happen at an unseen level. 

Missing teeth affect more than the way a person eats and the way they appear in public.  Missing teeth can cause serious health problems in the human mouth.  Due to the fact that teeth are so important to the health of all other teeth, jaws, and facial muscles, losing even so much as a single tooth can alter the entire mouth in very serious ways that can lead to irreversible damage. 

However, something can be done about missing teeth.  At the Cosmetic Dentistry Center of Houston, dental implants can restore the vitality of surrounding tissues and bring health to the bones of the upper and lower jaws.

At the Cosmetic Dentistry Center of Houston, dental implants help prevent alignment problems that often result from missing teeth.

The position of each tooth is always established by the relative positions of surrounding teeth.  One missing tooth will creates a gap in the bite that will cause the two adjacent teeth to begin growing toward this gap.  Alignment problems then result that inevitably call for orthodontic treatment. 

However, we specialize in restorative tooth replacements at the Cosmetic Dentistry Center of Houston.  Dental implants are custom-manufactured to perfectly match the teeth of the individual.  Surrounding teeth then respond to them as natural in relationship to the new tooth replacements.

Houston dental implants prevent facial muscles and tissues from wrinkling and sagging.

Muscles must have structure in order to remain firm.  In a healthy mouth, a full set of teeth provides this structure.  However, when teeth are lost, the surrounding muscles and skin tissues lose this support.  Over time, muscles become flaccid and skin begins to sag and wrinkle.  In severe cases, the skin can actually droop and the person may begin to look older than they really are.

Thanks to the Cosmetic Dentistry Center of Houston, dental implants can give muscles the support they need and keep them strong by restoring the internal structure of the mouth. 

With the expertise of the Cosmetic Dentistry Center of Houston, dental implants can stop the bone loss that always results after teeth are lost. 

When a tooth is lost, the bone around the tooth root has nothing to grow around.  It begins to recede. 

Bone loss of this type is very serious.  It can affect the entire shape of a persons jaw. 

However, the titanium base of each implant functions exactly like a tooth root, giving the bone something around which to grow.

If a person is missing even so much as one tooth, he or she should seriously consider investing in the very best possible treatment by contacting a cosmetic dentist at our office for an evaluation.  We are one of the few Cosmetic Dentistry Offices in Houston that performs both the surgical aspect of implantation and the restorative phase of the procedure.  With our winning team, a patient can take care of all of his or her needs with just one call to a single location.