When you have a family member who has lost one or more teeth but is confined to a bed at home or in a hospital or assisted living facility, they still need to receive dental care. We can help! Our mobile dental units allow our team to visit your loved ones and offer tooth replacement with a bridge for patients in San Diego, CA, and surrounding communities. Your Orange County, CA, mobile dentist is ready to help!
Tooth Loss and Outdated Prosthetics
When people are limited in their mobility and confined to their bed or house or assisted living facility, this can mean a lack of proper checkup and cleaning visits. Over time, this could lead to the onset of severe infection and even periodontitis, the advanced stage of gum disease. Tooth loss could then occur, altering how your family member can eat and speak. They could also have a bridge currently, but a lack of visits means it is now outdated and poorly fitting, which causes discomfort and more complications with eating and speaking. But with our mobile dental units, we can begin care at their bedside and offer tooth replacement or prosthetic replacement.
Restoring Smiles at Your Family Member’s Bedside
Our team will carefully examine the smile to assess the cause and extent of the tooth loss. We can discuss treatments for underlying issues like gum disease, so we can protect remaining teeth. With our portable unit, we can examine the smile and gather detailed impressions, which we will use back at our office to design and craft the custom bridge. We then return and attach it. The prosthetic will contain new teeth with crowns on one or both ends. We attach the crowns to the abutment teeth, the natural ones on each side of the gap. This secures your new teeth in place for years to come, usually 10 to 15 on average.
Checking In
Our team can also check in with your family members for routine checkups and cleanings, so we see them every six months, or every three to four if they have serious oral health concerns. We then address issues that could lead to discomfort and tooth loss and help your loved one maintain a full smile. If you have any questions about how we offer mobile dentistry for patients in San Diego, CA, and surrounding communities, then contact our team today.
Talk to Your San Diego, CA, Mobile Dentist Today
When you have a family member with missing teeth or a poor-fitting prosthetic, let us know right away. Your loved ones deserve a full smile, and we want to help make it possible. We want to help improve oral health in San Diego and surrounding communities. Give us a call today at HomeCare Dentists in Orange County at (800) 382-3938.