Do Dental Implants Feel Natural After Replacing Your Missing Teeth?

Dr. Mary Taudel advises patients with tooth loss to replace what they have lost as soon as practical. Missing teeth are more than a cosmetic concern. Yes, that unsightly gap doesn’t do justice to your beautiful smile, but that’s hardly the only concern. Tooth loss affects your ability to eat and speak confidently. Besides, missing teeth cause jawbone deterioration and misalignment of the surrounding teeth.

Park Avenue Dental offers the “gold standard” of replacing teeth: dental implants. One of the questions asked by dental implant patients is, “Will my restorations feel like real teeth?” While dental implants look more natural than dentures, do they feel natural? Let’s find out.

How dental implants replace teeth

Dental implants replace your entire tooth — from the crown to the root — to replicate the structure of your natural teeth. Implant restorations use three components to replace your lost tooth:

• An implant
• Abutment
• A crown

Implant treatment involves surgically inserting a titanium screw in your jawbone. After months of healing, your implant fuses with the jawbone to form a solid anchorage to support your tooth restoration. Above your implant, we attach an abutment that connects your implant to your crown or other restoration. 

Do implants feel natural?

Now that you understand dental implants, you may still wonder whether they feel like natural teeth. When dental implants replace your teeth, you won’t feel any sensation from the implant itself. Remember, unlike your natural teeth, your implant restoration has no nerves. So, if there is any feeling, it will come from the gums surrounding your implant.

Although your implant doesn’t respond to pain and temperature changes, it doesn’t mean it feels like a “dead” tooth. The sensation from the surrounding gums makes your implant feel “alive.” Besides your implant feeling like real teeth, they look and function like natural teeth. This is how dental implants have earned the reputation of being the closest thing to your natural teeth. 

Although dental implants rely on a metal screw inserted in your jawbone, you shouldn’t feel any lingering taste of metal in your mouth. Nevertheless, you might feel an unfamiliar sensation as you get used to your implants. The good news is that you’ll hardly notice any difference after your implant heals completely.

An implant dentist near me

Implant-based restorations offer a permanent solution to your missing teeth. Once installed, you don’t need to think about your lost tooth, ever! Ready to replace your missing teeth with dental implants in New York, NY? Please dial (646) 588-1704 to book a dental implant consultation with Park Avenue Dental.