Many elements combine to provide you with the quality of life that you have. These include your finances, your career, your family, your social life, and what many would consider the most important, your health. Under the umbrella of health, we should include your physical well-being and mental and emotional health.
Aside from being a dentist, not everyone would immediately consider dental issues a source of negativity that might harm your quality of life. Were you to hear some of the anguish patients have experienced as they tell us what they have been going through, you would soon accept that it does.
With teeth that are missing, damaged, decayed, and painful, there can be impacts on all three health areas: physical, mental, and emotional. Specific physical examples include the pain that might be experienced from teeth that are damaged, plus the inability to chew food properly, which can impact a person’s digestive system.
With regards to mental health, there can be the stress of having painful and missing teeth. Plus, patients who have lost teeth can often become depressed, especially if they are unsure of what solutions may be available to them. The longer that scenario goes on, the more debilitating it can become. Finally, with emotional health, there can be embarrassment and shame at having gaps in one’s teeth, so they refrain from smiling and talking in social situations.
Now that we have outlined some of how issues with your teeth can adversely affect your quality of life, we now turn to some solutions. First, you should not hesitate to get professional medical advice for health issues from dental experts at www.dentalosogentle.com.au. The dental solution might fix the root cause (no pun intended), but there may remain some underlying health issues that your medical practitioner should address.
As for those dental solutions, you might consider dentures, whitening, and bridges, and whilst these can answer some issues, they all have their limitations, especially when compared to dental implants. Some of the drawbacks are:
Dentures
It might not be a perfect fit
Extended time to get used to them
Not a permanent solution
The continual need to buy bonding products
Whitening
Misuse of whitening can damage other teeth
This can lead to over-sensitivity in teeth and gums
It does not fix all discolouration issues
Not always suitable for crowns, fillings, or veneers
Bridges
Teeth on either side of the bridge can be damaged
Do not correct a bone loss in the jaw
Ill-fitting bridges can attract bacteria and plaque
Not a long-term solution
Dental implants are not only practical advantages concerning how they fix many of the physical issues that can occur in your teeth, but they can also augment the quality of your life.
The first of these is how natural they look and feel. Not only does this mean they are close to feeling like you have your original healthy teeth, but they also look more natural. Many patients have had to take some time to convince a friend that they have dental implants instead of their teeth; such is their natural appearance.
As for the mental and emotional aspects of having dental implants, you would no longer feel embarrassed about smiling with missing, damaged, or coloured teeth, your ability to speak with confidence returns now that any lisp would be eliminated, and stress and depression diminish now that your teeth look and feel new, clean, fresh, and healthy.