What is the greatest challenge for the dentist in creating the optimal implant cosmetic work?
Many patients are surprised to learn that when one loses a natural tooth, the bone volume that surrounded that tooth usually begins to melt away in all 3 dimensions. When you look in the mirror, part of the reason that a biogical tooth looks “natural” is due to the way it emerges from a full volume of bone and gums. If you lost a tooth years ago and we magically put your very own tooth exactly back where it was then — now it would no longer would look natural because the gums and bone around it have shrunken away. They have pulled away from the tooth and left it to appear “high and dry”. Happily, we have some “magic tricks” to make the area look very much like it did. The best and most costly solution is bone grafting. Less costly approaches also exist. You have choices.
