California has a reputation for being one of the places in the world where all the beautiful people live. Considering what we see on television and the fact that it is the home of Hollywood, it is not hard to imagine where this reputation comes from. But even the people in California suffer from the same little old problems that people all over the world suffer from. From Sacramento to Orange County, missing teeth can be a very embarrassing thing and people go to great lengths to get their smiles ‘fixed’ as it were. Luckily the dental profession has come up with numerous ingenious ways to replace missing teeth to such a degree that no one will ever have to know.

Whether you live in bustling Los Angeles, fog bound San Francisco or sunny Orange County; missing teeth do not have to be the death sentence of your social life. Just visit your local dentist and they will show a whole range of options that are available to make your smile whole again. Depending on the position, the amount of missing teeth and your overall budget, a dentist can offer you permanent, semi-permanent or temporary, as it were, solutions. The two most common solutions are dentures or dental implants.

Most people know what dentures are whether they have seen them in real life belonging to a grandparent or on television as the punchline of some mildly amusing joke. The fact is that dentures have been with humanity for a long time and has proven to be an effective way to help people with missing teeth. Dentures can be made to replace the entire upper or lower jaw’s teeth, a small group of teeth or even a single missing tooth. The obvious disadvantage is that you have to take the dentures out to clean them at some point, but they are an effective way of replacing those few missing teeth. In the active life of Orange County missing teeth may rather, then, seek out a more permanent solution like dental implants.

Dental implants are more permanent but also require a lot more dental surgery than dentures. In this process the dentist places a titanium screw into the jaw of the patient. The bone grows around this screw and makes the screw sit snugly. A crown is then built over the screw to replace the missing tooth. This process takes very long – a few months – but is a permanent solution that you never have to worry about again. Another disadvantage is that not all dentists offer this service though Dr Raymond Chois is one of the dentists who do offer this in Orange County. Missing teeth can be replaced!

There are other methods and techniques that offer other varieties of success to replace missing teeth. The two mentioned above are the two most prevalent and successful ones that are used by a number of dentists all over the world. Remember Dr Raymond Chois if you live in Orange County. Missing teeth may be embarrassing, but he will be able to assist!