{"id":143,"date":"2015-04-30T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T00:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2019-07-11T14:15:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T18:15:52","slug":"im-losing-my-teeth-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/im-losing-my-teeth-help\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m losing my teeth. Help!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent years avoiding the dentist and now I&#8217;m paying for it. I&#8217;m losing my teeth. Is there anything I can do? I feel like my life is over.<\/p>\n<p>Anya M. &#8211; Florida<\/p>\n<p>Anya,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry you&#8217;ve been through this. The dental fear alone must have felt debilitating. I haven&#8217;t examined your case, so I can&#8217;t tell you if anything can be done to save your teeth. As a dentist, I would say that would be the first priority.<\/p>\n<p>However, I can tell you what your best solution is if they can&#8217;t be saved. If I were in your place, I would look into <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/implant-dentist.html\">dental implants<\/a>. They function the closest to your natural teeth.<\/p>\n<p>There is a possibility that you will need to do some preliminary work to ensure success. If you&#8217;re losing your teeth, that could mean you&#8217;ve lost too much bone structure. \u00a0In that case, you will need bone grafting done in order to be a good candidate for the implant procedure.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t want to go to just any dentist for this type of thing. \u00a0Make sure they&#8217;ve had a significant amount of post-graduate training in dental implants. \u00a0Otherwise you could end up with an even bigger disaster.<\/p>\n<p>This blog is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\">Libertyville, IL Dentist<\/a> Dr. David Potts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent years avoiding the dentist and now I&#8217;m paying for it. I&#8217;m losing my teeth. Is there anything I can do? I feel like my life is over. Anya M. &#8211; Florida Anya, I&#8217;m sorry you&#8217;ve been through this. The dental fear alone must have felt debilitating. 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