Dental Implant over 60
As you get older, you may not be able to avoid aches or gray hair, but you are not doomed to lose all your teeth. You are not cursed to eat soft, mushy foods for the rest of your days. Instead of worrying about replacing your missing teeth with ill-fitting dentures, you can talk to the dentist about dental implants.
Osteoporosis
Older men and women are already familiar with the negative effects of osteoporosis and losing bone density. But they may not know that with osteoporosis comes the high chance of losing a tooth (or teeth) to the disease as well. Even if you have been diagnosed with osteoporosis, you may still be a candidate for dental implants despite the bone loss. In fact, if you have experienced bone loss in your jaw, dental implants may be able to help prevent future bone loss. The dental implants can offer the opportunity to improve your nutrition and the stimulation of the jawbone when they fuse into place.
Increased Life Expectancy
Even if you are already in your 60s and you are struggling with the cost of dental implants as compared to other tooth replacement options, including not replacing it at all, you are likely to enjoy twenty or more years when your health is good. Are you really ready to deal with the hassles of dentures for ten or more years? Are you ready to change your diet and avoid your favorite foods for three meals a day for decades? After the dental implant is healed in place, you can treat it like a natural tooth and even improve your diet to include nutrient rich foods.
Quality of Life
For anyone looking to replace a missing tooth or multiple teeth, dental implants are a good option if they are healthy enough for the procedure. People who are 85 to 90 years old have enjoyed the benefits of dental implant surgery. You can be one of the people who get to enjoy eating their favorite meals, speaking without worrying your teeth are moving around, and smiling bright to show off your toothy grin. Without dental implants you will have to struggle with the limitations of dentures or even missing teeth which will certainly take away from the daily quality of life you deserve.
Dentures vs. Implants
Dentures come with a smaller price tag and dental implants come with the look and function of natural teeth. Neither is a perfect solution but the benefits of dental implants outweigh those of dentures.
- Due to the size of traditional dentures, you will not be able to fully taste your meals.
- Dentures are well-known to slip and clack while eating and talking. Dental implants are held in place by the jawbone, not suction and adhesive.
- Snap-in dentures that are secured by dental implants will not leave your gums sore from the rubbing of dentures as they move.
- Dentures will need to be replaced every few years as your mouth changes shape due to the deterioration of your jaw bone.
- Dental implants can last a life time if you take the time to care for them, much like your natural teeth.
- Snap-in dentures can be brushed just like your natural teeth instead of traditional dentures that need to soak overnight.