{"id":254,"date":"2016-03-14T08:11:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T08:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/dps\/mangrovebaydental.com\/?p=254"},"modified":"2016-10-21T04:40:08","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T04:40:08","slug":"new-front-teeth-for-a-teenaged-david-duchovny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/demo.dpswebservices.com\/mangrovebaydentistry.com\/2016\/03\/14\/new-front-teeth-for-a-teenaged-david-duchovny\/","title":{"rendered":"New Front Teeth for a Teenaged David Duchovny"},"content":{"rendered":"

In real life he was a hard-charging basketball player through high school and college. In TV and the movies, he has gone head-to-head with serial killers, assorted bad guys\u2026 even mysterious paranormal forces. So would you believe that David Duchovny, who played Agent Fox Mulder in The X-Files<\/em> and starred in countless other large and small-screen productions, lost his front teeth\u2026 in an elevator accident?<\/p>\n

\u201cI was running for the elevator at my high school when the door shut on my arm,\u201d he explained. \u201cThe next thing I knew, I was waking up in the hospital. I had fainted, fallen on my face, and knocked out my two front teeth.\u201d Looking at Duchovny now, you\u2019d never know his front teeth weren\u2019t natural. But that\u2019s not \u201cmovie magic\u201d \u2014 it\u2019s the art and science of modern dentistry.<\/p>\n

How do dentists go about replacing lost teeth with natural-looking prosthetics? Today, there are two widely used tooth replacement procedures: dental implants and bridgework. When a natural tooth can\u2019t be saved \u2014 due to advanced decay, periodontal disease, or an accident like Duchovny\u2019s \u2014 these methods offer good looking, fully functional replacements. So what\u2019s the difference between the two? Essentially, it\u2019s a matter of how the replacement teeth are supported.<\/p>\n

With state-of-the-art dental implants, support for the replacement tooth (or teeth) comes from small titanium inserts, which are implanted directly into the bone of the jaw. In time these become fused with the bone itself, providing a solid anchorage. What\u2019s more, they actually help prevent the bone loss that naturally occurs after tooth loss. The crowns \u2014 lifelike replacements for the visible part of the tooth \u2014 are securely attached to the implants via special connectors called abutments.<\/p>\n

In traditional bridgework, the existing natural teeth on either side of a gap are used to support the replacement crowns that \u201cbridge\u201d the gap. Here\u2019s how it works: A one-piece unit is custom-fabricated, consisting of prosthetic crowns to replace missing teeth, plus caps to cover the adjacent (abutment) teeth on each side. Those abutment teeth must be shaped so the caps can fit over them; this is done by carefully removing some of the outer tooth material. Then the whole bridge unit is securely cemented in place.<\/p>\n

While both systems have been used successfully for decades, bridgework is now being gradually supplanted by implants. That\u2019s because dental implants don\u2019t have any negative impact on nearby healthy teeth, while bridgework requires that abutment teeth be shaped for crowns, and puts additional stresses on them. Dental implants also generally last far longer than bridges \u2014 the rest of your life, if given proper care. However, they are initially more expensive (though they may prove more economical in the long run), and not everyone is a candidate for the minor surgery they require.<\/p>\n

Which method is best for you? Don\u2019t try using paranormal powers to find out: Come in and talk to us. If you would like more information about tooth replacement, please contact us<\/a> or schedule an appointment<\/a> for a consultation. You can learn more in the Dear Doctor<\/em> magazine articles \u201cCrowns & Bridgework<\/a>,\u201d and \u201cDental Implants<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In real life he was a hard-charging basketball player through high school and college. In TV and the movies, he has gone head-to-head with serial killers, assorted bad guys\u2026 even mysterious paranormal forces. So would you believe that David Duchovny, who played Agent Fox Mulder in The X-Files and starred in countless other large and … Continue Reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[2,19],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/demo.dpswebservices.com\/mangrovebaydentistry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/demo.dpswebservices.com\/mangrovebaydentistry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/demo.dpswebservices.com\/mangrovebaydentistry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/demo.dpswebservices.com\/mangrovebaydentistry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/demo.dpswebservices.com\/mangrovebaydentistry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/demo.dpswebservices.com\/mangrovebaydentistry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596,"href":"http:\/\/demo.dpswebservices.com\/mangrovebaydentistry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/demo.dpswebservices.com\/mangrovebaydentistry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/demo.dpswebservices.com\/mangrovebaydentistry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/demo.dpswebservices.com\/mangrovebaydentistry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/demo.dpswebservices.com\/mangrovebaydentistry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}