{"id":156,"date":"2014-07-15T19:13:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T19:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pineypointoms.com\/?p=156"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:39:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:39:03","slug":"dental-implants-can-create-youthful-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/dental-implants-can-create-youthful-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Dental Implants Can Create A More Youthful Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/implants_stock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/implants_stock-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"implants_stock\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/implants_stock-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/implants_stock.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a>\n\nAs the aging population life expectancy continues to increase, tooth loss that can occurred with increased aging changes, like decreased salivary flow can have long term effects of the facial structure around the upper and lower jaws. These changes happen when teeth are lost and not replaced, which also leads to bone loss.\u00a0With continued bone loss, the facial structure begins to change, resulting in a premature aged appearance resulting in a collapse of the upper and lower face and lip support.\n<!--more-->\nImplants in bone prevent further bone loss and can provide the teeth structure with continued support of the facial architecture.\n\nAlso, predictable long-term results for an implant-supported prosthesis fill the need for the youthful appearance of an aging baby boomer population.\n<h2>\nRequest An Appointment Today<\/h2>\nThe surgeons at Piney Point Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery are well trained and equipped to provide multiple methods to stop the aging process with dental implants and surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic options.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the aging population life expectancy continues to increase, tooth loss that can occurred with increased aging changes, like decreased salivary flow can have long term effects of the facial structure around the upper and lower jaws. These changes happen when teeth are lost and not replaced, which also leads to bone loss.\u00a0With continued bone loss, the facial structure begins to change, resulting in a premature aged appearance resulting in a collapse of the upper and lower face and lip support. <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/dental-implants-can-create-youthful-appearance\/\">(Read More)<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dental-implants-houston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1858,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions\/1858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineypointoms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}