DENTAL BONE STRUCTURE

Your body has provided tooth supporting bone for the years when teeth are present. When teeth are lost the tooth supporting bone degenerates. Your body reabsorbs and takes away what you do not use!

The bone under the gums “shrinks” and dentures get loose. Dental implants, when properly placed and maintained, provide excellent bone support so that the bone tends to be preserved since it is still being used. A patient with natural teeth in a healthy, well maintained and functionally accurate condition can chew at 100 percent efficiency. With tooth loss the amount of chewing efficiency decreases depending on whether or not the teeth are replaced and how.

Ultimately, if all teeth are lost, you will have perhaps a 15 to 18 percent chewing efficiency. With implants and non-removable bridge work you could obtain as high as 95 percent efficiency.

Contact our International Patient Coordinator at clinic@davincisdentalcare.com with any questions you may have about your anticipated treatment and Costa Rica.