Your Park Ridge implant dentists, Dr. Maria and Dr. Thanasi Loukas, advise that replacing your lost teeth with a dental implant-supported prosthetic is typically the best option for preserving your oral health after suffering tooth loss. Unfortunately, not everyone is a viable candidate for dental implant placement, though that doesn’t negate the need to replace… Read more »
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Park Ridge Implant Dentists Discuss Maintaining Your Jawbone’s Integrity
In our last article, we discussed the importance of your jawbone’s integrity to your continued good oral health, and how tooth loss can threaten this integrity if not treated fully and promptly. Today, your Park Ridge implant dentists, Dr. Maria and Dr. Thanasi Loukas, discuss how to protect your jawbone from destruction and how to… Read more »
Park Ridge Implant Dentists Discuss Your Jawbone’s Integrity
Brushing and flossing your teeth every day is a well-known and wide-spread practice, as most people realize the importance of maintaining healthy teeth and gums. However, what steps do you take to protect the strength of your jawbone—the foundation of your smile? Park Ridge implant dentists, Dr. Maria and Dr. Thanasi Loukas, explain the importance… Read more »
Park Ridge Restorative Dentists Discuss Types of Teeth
Your teeth are a vital resource, and as expert restorative dentists in Park Ridge, Dr. Maria and Dr. Thanasi Loukas have extensive experience restoring patients’ abilities to effectively chew their food after suffering tooth loss. While your smile’s beauty and function requires your entire set of teeth to remain intact (or to be replaced, if… Read more »
Park Ridge Dentists Explore the Historical Record of Teeth Replacement
The art and science of tooth care has existed for as long as humans have had teeth, albeit in a much more primitive form than you may be used to. It should be no surprise that replacing lost teeth, which are required for you to eat properly, has long been a focus of the dental… Read more »
Park Ridge Implant Dentists Test Your Knowledge of Tooth Loss
While a damaged or diseased tooth can cause a variety of trouble, a lost one can be devastating. Not only can a missing tooth significantly mar your smile’s appearance, it can also disrupt your mouth’s proper balance and function. The longer tooth loss remains untreated, the more your risk of subsequent dental problems increases. Find… Read more »
Defeating Tooth Decay with Your Park Ridge Implant Dentists
Though tooth replacement is a specialty of your Park Ridge implant dentists, Dr. Maria and Dr. Thanasi Loukas warn that prevention is the preferred method of preserving your whole and healthy smile. While gum disease is the number one cause of tooth loss, it isn’t the only way to lose a tooth. Aside from traumatic… Read more »
Park Ridge Dentists Discuss the Cosmetic Advantages of Dental Implants
Dental implants are a marvel of modern dental technology, and are the only option available for replacing the roots of your lost teeth. As such, dental implants hold numerous benefits to your smile’s longevity, integrity, and continued good health after suffering tooth loss. However, if you’re looking to replace one or more missing teeth, then… Read more »
Park Ridge Implant Dentists Advise: Stop Smoking!
These days, there’s little question about the dangers of smoking, which claims the lives of more than 440,000 people in the United States. Nevertheless, an estimated 43.8 million adults in America ages 18 and older smoke cigarettes, and the destructive habit can threaten more than your ability to breathe. Park Ridge implant dentists, Dr. Maria… Read more »
Park Ridge Implant Dentists: Tooth Retention Begins with Good Hygiene
Although your Park Ridge implant dentists are experts at restoring your smile by replacing lost teeth, they advise that prevention is the best method for preserving your smile. In many cases, tooth loss can be avoided with effective dental hygiene and a little diligence on your part. Dr. Maria and Dr. Thanasi Loukas explain how… Read more »

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