The smell of the grill, the sound of children laughing and playing, the warm sunshine on your face. It’s summertime, and you can’t wait to enjoy the great times that come along with it. However, if you have traditional dentures or bridges, your summer may not be quite as exciting or flavorful as it otherwise could be.
On the other hand, implants dentures give you the freedom to live summer to the fullest with all the foods you love to eat this time of year. In this post, you’ll learn about the difference implants can make on your summer diet and the benefits implants can give you!
How Implants Change Your Ability to Eat
Traditional dentures replace only half of the missing tooth structure. They ignore the root portion, which attaches to the jawbone. Without stimulation of the roots, the jawbone deteriorates and becomes weaker. Although dentures do allow you to bite and chew, they only bring back about 25 percent of your biting force, meaning many foods are no longer edible for you.
When you replace your missing teeth with implant dentures, however, you can restore up to 70 percent of your original biting strength. As a result, you have more food options, including your summer favorites!
Summer Foods You Can Eat with Implants
While you can bite into and chew a juicy watermelon with traditional dentures fairly easily, there are summer foods that are more difficult to eat. For instance, without being anchored to the jawbone with implants, your replacement teeth would have a hard time chewing steak and corn on the cob. Rather than having to cut off the corn or cut the steak into really small pieces, your implants can handle these foods just like your natural teeth. Of course, you’ll need to brush and floss your implant-supported teeth just as you would real ones, but they would allow you to enjoy easy-going summer days like you used to.
Other Benefits of Choosing Implants
In addition to eating basically whatever you want, implants offer many advantages over dentures or bridges. For instance, implants tend to last significantly longer than these traditional forms of tooth replacement, which means you can spend more time having summer adventures than in the dental office!
In the end, even if you’re not a kid anymore, you can relive your favorite childhood memories with delicious food. Even though normal dentures and bridges are an option for replacing missing teeth, only implant-supported restorations bring back your teeth’s strength and function. So if you want to have teeth that let you enjoy a great summer, choose dental implants!
About the Practice
At Beach Dental, we love helping patients achieve smiles they can be proud of. Our dentists, Dr. Jason Parli and Dr. Alexis Gersten, have decades of experience in placing and restoring dental implants for patients of all ages, but particularly for the elderly. In fact, Dr. Gersten has a special interest in geriatric dentistry! Regardless of age, any patient in need of tooth replacements can find the most cutting-edge care at Beach Dental. If you would like to schedule an appointment with us, just call the office at 631-325-0731 or visit our Contact Us page here.