We’re proficient in providing several kinds of prosthetic teeth at Fresh Meadows Dental Care in Flushing, but nothing compares with a natural tooth. To help communicate why it might be better to save an injured tooth than to replace it, we’re devoting this week’s blog to differences between implants and root canals.
There’s no doubt that implants are beneficial. Not only do they anchor a prosthetic tooth, they also stimulate the growth of new material in the jaw bone, which stabilizes other teeth and the shape of the patient’s face. But because they are integrated into the jawbone, they cannot be moved with orthodontic therapy. If an implant is mobile at all, it has failed to integrate and needs to be removed for the patient’s safety before chronic inflammation sets in. In contrast, a tooth that has undergone a root canal may still be moved through orthodontic therapy, such as with the Invisalign series of aligners we offer at our office. This can be preferable if a tooth was knocked out of place but was not cracked at the root (as this would require extraction). A root canal would still be done to remove the risk of infection and a new crown may be necessary, but if the patient needed fixed braces, orthodontic brackets may be safely cemented to artificial crowns.
Farid Hakimzadeh, DDS, operates Fresh Meadows Dental Care at 58-47 Francis Lewis Blvd., Suite 100, Flushing, New York, 11364. To schedule an appointment, call 718-224-7272 or visit Fresh Meadows Dental and fill out a contact form.
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