• axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    6 months ago

    Is there any advantage of this over implants? Maybe I don’t understand the full scope but this seems really roundabout when I have a ceramic implant and it works fine. Maybe a regenerated tooth lasts longer?

    • @[email protected]
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      06 months ago

      Natural teeth roots promote bone regeneration around them, while implants don’t. Therefore bone loss with age is worse around implants

    • Xoriff
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      06 months ago

      Don’t know from personal experience, but I’ve heard that since real teeth have nerves in them, you can feel more with them than with implants/dentures. Maybe it’s not as noticable if it’s only one or two teeth. But for folks who have lost all of them maybe this is a better alternative to dentures?

    • WashedAnus [he/him]
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      06 months ago

      Implants slowly erode the jaw bone underneath over time, whereas a new tooth would keep the jaw bone healthy.