Can People with Periodontal Disease Get Dental Implants?
Yes dental implants are very predictable even when there is severe periodontal disease. Severe periodontal disease is a death sentence for the teeth and surrounding bone. The best strategy is to get a set of dental implant teeth as soon as possible. And before much needed bone resorbs from inflammatory disease. Bone loss in an inevitable consequence of teeth loss and gum disease. That is why transitioning to dental implants ASAP is necessary as soon as you are diagnosed with severe gum disease. There are many different ways to do full mouth dental implants.
What is different about severe periodontal disease?
Severe periodontal disease is loss of tooth supporting gum and bone tissue. It is an autoimmune disease of unknown or misunderstood origin. It is a genetic disease. Severe gum disease cannot be prevented or stopped, but only slowed down. At least not until all your teeth are removed or they get loose and fall out. Gum disease is a disease of the connection between teeth and the jaw bone. This connection is called the periodontal ligament or “PDL.” Once the teeth are removed, the disease will go away since there is no longer PDL. If the teeth are not removed, bone will continue to be lost. It can become difficult if not impossible to get dental implants once periodontal disease progresses and precious bone is lost.
Severe Compared to Mild Periodontal Disease
Severe gum disease is not to be confused with other milder forms of gum disease caused by dental neglect and teeth clenching. Some conservative holistic dental treatments exist such as dental ozone and PRF. And can be considered with mild and moderate disease.
Mild and Moderate Gum Disease Treatment:
deep cleanings
removing amalgams with toxic mercury among other irritation metals. Copper, silver, tin are all corrosive metals in amalgam silver fillings.
Treating clenching and grinding problems. Heavy pressure on the gums leaves them chronically inflamed and causes recession. While teeth clenching will not cause gum disease, it will accelerate and fuel it.
If you clench your teeth and you have amalgam fillings, that is double trouble.
Replacing Teeth with Implants with Severe Gum Disease
If you have severe gum disease, you will lose most of your jaw bone while your teeth get loose and fall out. There are treatments for periodontal disease, but many people will still lose their teeth after spending thousands of dollars on gum surgery that is not guaranteed to cure gum disease. You should consider removing your natural teeth and replacing them with implants before this happens. Act now while you still have enough bone for implants. This may seem like an aggressive action, but once the teeth are out, the disease process stops. The sooner you get the teeth out, the less bone the disease will destroy. Placing implants will preserve the remaining bone. And the dental implants will serve as a great teeth replacement option. Most people with severe periodontal disease will need to explore the options to replace all teeth with implants.
Localized Compared to Generalized Gum Disease
Periodontal disease usually will either severely damage all the teeth or just some of the teeth. The damage is done by way of severe bone loss to the point teeth get loose and fall out. The disease in the case of localized gum disease, is usually limited to the very front teeth and the first and second molars.
Removing Teeth will Prevent More Bone Loss
In cases of severe gum disease, it is best to remove the teeth and replace them with permanent implants. For the case of full mouth gum disease, it is best to remove all the natural teeth and replace them with full mouth implants before loss of valuable bone occurs. Full mouth implants are generally done in one of two ways:
