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Loose Dentures? Mini Dental Implants Can Secure Your Smile

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One of the more common solutions to total tooth loss is traditional dentures. These restorations fit the classic image of a bulky gum base with artificial teeth, known for slipping out of patients’ mouths. However, in Sonora, CA, Dr. Paul Berger offers a different solution that breaks the mold of traditional dentures. With mini dental implants, you can say goodbye to loose dentures and hello to a secure smile! These implants anchor into your jawbone, providing excellent support and stability for artificial teeth. If you are one of the over 13% of American adults aged 65 or older missing all of their teeth, Dr. Berger has a solution for you!

What Causes Loose Dentures?

Natural teeth have vital roots that extend into your jaw, keeping your smile secure. When you chew, these roots stimulate your jawbone, keeping it full and healthy.

Tooth loss results in the loss of stimulation, causing your jaw to lose mass and volume over time. Because traditional dentures rely on your jawbone for stability, they often loosen, causing them to shift around on your deteriorating gums. Loose dentures cause a variety of unfortunate consequences, such as:

  • Loose Dentures in Sonora, CA | Book a Free Implant ConsultationGum irritation: As your prosthetic slides around on your gum tissue, you’ll likely experience irritation or denture sores. These painful spots can make wearing your denture difficult.
  • Chewing difficulties: Your bite requires a certain amount of force to chew. With loose dentures, it’s challenging to break down tougher foods, often leading to a change in diet and nutrition.
  • Social isolation: Because traditional dentures often slip out of your mouth when you laugh or talk, you may avoid doing so for fear of perceived embarrassment. Avoiding interacting with friends and family can take a toll on your mental health, which often affects your overall health, too.
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If you’re experiencing any of these issues, it may be time to switch to a more secure solution.

Secure Your Loose Dentures With Mini Implants

Dr. Berger in Sonora, CA, is proud to offer the innovative mini dental implant as a solution for loose dentures!

These implants are small, almost half the size of a conventional implant. Due to their smaller diameter, Dr. Berger places mini implants with a minimally invasive procedure, allowing for much faster healing. In one appointment, he makes a small pilot hole in your gums and bone, and gently screws the implant into place.

Thanks to his state-of-the-art CBCT machine, Dr. Berger can assess the quality of your bone and strategically place the implants. For conventional implants, patients often require additional procedures because they lack the necessary bone structure to support the implant. Fortunately, mini implants fit in minimal bone, allowing more patients like you to restore their smiles.

With Dr. Berger’s experienced staff, you can expect to enjoy a stable smile almost immediately, depending on which restoration you choose.

Loose Dentures in Sonora, CA | Snap-in Dentures Secure Your Smile
Snap-in dentures secure on 4 to 8 mini dental implants to provide a stable smile.

Mini Implant Denture Solutions

At Sonora Dentist, Dr. Berger offers three distinct implant denture solutions.

  • Snap-in dentures: Often, patients want to use their traditional denture, but with implants added for stability. If your denture is the right fit, Dr. Berger creates housings in your denture, meant to “snap” on and off your implants! If you need a new denture, he can take a mold of your smile and send it to lab technicians to create a custom-fit restoration that provides excellent stability while remaining conveniently removable.
  • Semi-permanent roundhouse bridges: A roundhouse bridge is a full arch restoration that doesn’t require a bulky gum base. Instead, it features a sleek, horseshoe-like design that secures directly to your implants, providing a natural-looking solution for total tooth loss. These dentures are incredibly stable and are only removed at routine dental visits by Dr. Berger.
  • Permanent roundhouse bridges: Similar to semi-permanent roundhouse bridges, permanent roundhouse bridges feature a sleek, natural-looking design. However, this restoration is permanently cemented in your mouth, never to come out. With mini dental implants acting as tooth roots, a permanent roundhouse bridge looks and functions almost exactly like your natural teeth.
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Say Goodbye to Loose Dentures and Hello to a Stable Smile

With mini dental implants, you don’t have to live with loose dentures. Instead, secure your smile with mini dental implants! At Sonora Dentist, Dr. Berger provides various implant denture solutions that restore your smile and provide excellent stability and function.

Book a free implant consultation today to secure your loose dentures!

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Dr. Paul Berger

Dr. Paul Berger is the owner and founder of Sonora Dentist located in the beautiful foothill town of Sonora, California. Dr. Berger brings 36 years of experience and a passion for delivering the best quality of dental care for his patients and their families. Dr. Berger has maintained his dental practice in Sonora since 1989. A graduate of Loma Linda School of Dentistry, this Sonora dentist is a member of the American Dental Association, California Dental Association, San Joaquin Dental Society, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, and Academy of Computerized Dentistry. Dr. Berger has completed hundreds of hours of training at the prestigious Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies. Dr. Berger is an avid outdoorsman and pursues the healthy lifestyle he stresses to his patients. Whether hunting, fishing, hiking, flying, skiing or golfing, he sets a high standard for himself by being outdoors and active physically and mentally. A father of six children, grandfather of five grandchildren, and married to his best friend and wife, Kathy, for 39 years, Dr. Berger will give you and your family the quality and service he would give his own loved ones-quite simply, the best he can deliver. Dr. Paul Berger is a well-educated, experienced dentist whose favorite part of dentistry is patient interaction. He has come to regard his patients like family and watched some of his youngest patients grow up with great smiles. If you need a Sonora California dentist, look no further than Dr. Paul Berger and his exceptional team.