Five years of exceptional dental implant care

SOUTH Gippsland Dental Clinic, one of the leading dental clinics in Gippsland, is celebrating five years of outstanding service to the Gippsland community in the field of dental implants.
The clinic’s Dr Taehee Lee is thrilled to say that since introducing their dental implant service in Gippsland five years ago, when he moved his family to Leongatha, the uptake from the people of Gippsland has been outstanding.
“We get clients coming to Leongatha from all over Gippsland. Just seeing the satisfaction in all my clients, who now eat, smile and chew with comfort and confidence makes it all worthwhile,” he said.
So why does he believe dental implants should be the standard of care for those with missing teeth?
Dr Lee said he hears, quite often, patients saying things like, “I wish you could just pull my teeth out and give me dentures.”
Usually the people saying this need extensive dental work and they figure dentures are an easy fix. However the problem is dentures cannot give you what your natural teeth can give you.
The bite force with your natural teeth is somewhere around 200 to 250 pounds of force. However with dentures, your bite force is about 50 pounds of force. That’s a significant drop off. That’s the difference between eating a steak and eating oatmeal.
They also quite often disregard the nutritional and digestive problems denture wearers can experience.
The reason for this disparity is your natural teeth are set solidly in your jawbone. Rigid and strong, they handle chewing food with astonishing efficiency.
Dr Lee said, “Dentures, on the other hand, rest against your gums. They can be ‘fixed’ all you want with gels and the like, but the fact is, it’s not a strong base. There’s just nothing behind your bite, especially on your bottom teeth, where the denture is largely held in place by gravity and your mouth muscles.
“Dental implants in contrast eliminate all the problems dentures have. It is securely placed inside of your jaw so you can chew and eat just like your natural teeth.”
Implants come the closest by a wide margin to what nature intended first place.
Dr Lee suggests keeping your natural teeth as healthy as possible but if you lose them or have already lost them, dental implants should be the standard of care for your health and wellbeing.

Right choice: Dr Taehee Lee of South Gippsland Dental Clinic recommends dental implants over dentures to maximise patients’ quality of life.

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Posted by Sarah Vella on Jun 30 2015. Filed under Business. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry