Knowing your options when facing tooth loss
If you are faced with tooth loss it’s essential to know what the next best thing to your natural tooth is. Fortunately in almost every situation replacing missing teeth with a dental implant is the next best thing to your real teeth. Curtis R. Couch D.D.S in Thousand Oaks provides dental implants to help patients recapture the health and appearance of their smile.What is a dental implant?

You dental implant options
Missing teeth can be replaced with a dental implant that supports a:- Crown
- Bridge
A crown supported dental implant

A bridge supported dental implant

Protecting the jawbone
When you lose a tooth there’s nothing there to stimulate the jaw bone and so it gradually starts to shrink. Over time this can give your face a shrunken and aged appearance. A dental implant looks after your jaw bone health as chewing and biting stimulates the jaw bone promoting jaw bone density.