Dental Implant Care in Mays Landing, NJ
Isn't it time to replace what's been missing from your smile?
Restore Your Smile With Dental Implants
The best way to replace missing teeth.
Dental implants are the best solution for permanently replacing missing teeth. To achieve a perfect smile, titanium implants are inserted and secured into the jawbone, becoming the durable foundation for custom-crafted porcelain crowns. While other restorative treatments are available, no other procedures will look, feel, or function more like your natural teeth. Dental implants from Dr. Nosti can allow you to be fully confident again while eating, speaking, and smiling for those treasured family photos!
Each dental implant is made up of three parts. The post is made of lightweight and extremely durable titanium. The abutment connects the implant to the upper crown, which will blend naturally with your surrounding teeth.
Benefits of Dental Implants
They offer benefits our patients need and want.
Achieving your dream smile can be done at our Mays Landing office, where you can schedule a visit with Dr. Nosti where he’ll create your customized dental implant treatment plan.
Enhanced Confidence
Missing teeth often make people feel uncomfortable or self-conscious in social situations. With dental implants, you’ll be able to speak, eat, and laugh with full confidence.
Beautiful Appearance
Because porcelain crowns are precisely crafted to look like your real teeth, Dr. Nosti’s stunning restorations will blend perfectly with your natural smile.
Long-Lasting
Dental implants are crafted from durable materials that are built to last a lifetime. With proper maintenance, you can smile knowing that your teeth will stay perfect for decades.
While many dental offices require you to go to an offsite specialist to receive dental implants, at John Nosti, DMD patients are met with the convenience of an in-house specialist. Dr. Nosti not only can complete the entire dental implants process right here in our Mays Landing office, but will also supervise your treatment from start to finish!
As a well-known leading expert in both cosmetic esthetics and functional dentistry, Dr. Nosti ensures that not only will your implants function correctly for your needs, but look fabulous at the same time.
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Advanced Education: Beyond his education at the prestigious University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey Dental School, Dr. Nosti has completed post-graduate studies in cosmetic and reconstructive dentistry at some of the most elite clubs in the nation.
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Accomplishments: Dr. Nosti has an extensive background that makes him the perfect dentist for your treatment. Along with being a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI), a Fellow of the Academy of Comprehensive Esthetics (ACE), and Clinical Director of Education of The Clinical Mastery Series, he’s also an adjunct faculty member at the esteemed Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health.
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Empathetic Care: Dr. Nosti provides a relaxed, secured environment for patients, where you’ll be free to communicate your feelings and needs. His team wants you to feel at home and comfortable throughout the consultation and treatment process. They’ll take the necessary steps to help along the way!
Achieving your dream smile can be done at our Mays Landing office, where you can schedule a visit with Dr. Nosti where he’ll create your customized dental implant treatment plan.
During your first consultation, Dr. Nosti will examine your oral health to determine which treatment option is right for you. If you’re an ideal candidate for dental implants, we’ll proceed with the next steps of scheduling and conducting your procedure.
Once we’ve determined that dental implants are right for you, you’ll return to our Mays Landing office to begin the implant process. Dr. Nosti will first administer a local anesthetic to ensure you won’t feel a thing during treatment. Once the mouth is numb, he’ll surgically place your dental implants directly into your jaw, protecting the area with a healing cap during the recovery process. Through a process called osseointegration, the implant will naturally fuse with your jawbone, which takes three to six months to complete. The titanium post mimics the tooth’s root and will eventually hold your customized crown in place.
Once the area has healed, you’ll return to our Mays Landing office so Dr. Nosti can place an abutment to connect the fixture to the restoration. Finally, he’ll attach your custom-made porcelain crown on top of the abutment piece to make your dream smile a reality.
- Dr. Jonathan, Dentist and Actual Patient
Frequently Asked Questions
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Are Implants a Viable Alternative to Dentures?
In the past, losing teeth meant one thing: getting dentures. Dentures are still the teeth replacement option of choice for many people due to their affordability. Some people are also afraid of surgery.
These days there are many affordable options to replace missing teeth using dental implants and through advancements in technology, dental implant surgery has become minimally invasive.
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What Are the Disadvantages of Dentures?
- Dentures have only 10% or less of normal chewing power, making it difficult to eat food you want and need
- Dentures have to be kept in the mouth using adhesives
- Dentures have to be removed for cleaning
- Dentures cover the roof your palate, interfering with your sense of taste
- Dentures can click while eating
- Dentures encourage bone loss in the jaw bone
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What Are the Dangers of Dentures and Leaving Teeth Missing?
#1 When a tooth is lost or extracted the bone where the tooth was starts to atrophy.
In the first year after a tooth is lost, 25% of the bone volume is reabsorbed back into the body. This process continues until potentially only the hard basal bone of the jawbone is left.
Dentures accelerate this bone loss process by aggravating the boney ridges where teeth sit, wearing them down.
This loss of bone in the jawbone eventually causes collapse of the facial muscles around the jaw. The height between the tip of the nose and the chin progressively decreases, causing the lower third of the face to collapse. This collapse inwards of the face also creates excessive wrinkles around the mouth, drooping jowls, sagging skin and thinning lips. The chin becomes more pointed. A person’s appearance can be aged many years as a result.
Missing teeth and wearing dentures cause a gradual progression of bone loss until the face appears to collapse in on itself.
Implant-supported teeth replacement options such implant-supported bridges and dentures maintain high chewing pressure and preserve bone.
Learn more about the Options for Missing Teeth.
#2 Dentures provide only 10% of natural chewing power.
This means having to avoid healthy foods such as hard fruits, nuts and hard vegetables and other healthy foods, which could create a condition of malnourishment.
#3 Due to the continuous loss of bone, dentures easily lose their fit. This can cause denture sores and painful chewing.
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Who Are Candidates for Dental Implants?
Denture wearers or people who have had missing teeth for a long time suffer from bone loss in the bony ridges that normally support the tooth roots. In the past people with insufficient bone have been refused dental implant treatment. Now, with advanced bone grafting technology, plus the ability to locate available bone through 3D imaging technology, the majority of people can receive implants regardless of the volume of bone.
People with certain health conditions such as diabetes or habits such as smoking were previously not considered candidates for implants because of the potential risk of failure of the implant or of infection. With recent developments in technology these people can now be safely treated.
To make an appointment, call 609.625.3499 (Mays Landing), 609.927.8448 (Somers Point) or click here to request an appointment online.
