The Problem of Losing a Tooth
Of course no one wants to lose a tooth. It’s also good to be aware that each tooth plays a role in the functioning of your whole mouth.
After a tooth is lost you may experience the following:
- Bone shrinks around the socket.
- Your bite changes especially as other teeth tip or drift into the gap.
- Other teeth take on the load of chewing and eating and may wear down at a faster rate over your lifetime.
- Speech, appearance and eating can be affected.
Even losing one tooth can have a deteriorating effect after a few years. Losing many teeth accelerates the knock on effect in terms of your bite changing, jaw bone shrinkage resulting in facial appearance changes, jaw joint wearing, facial discomfort and reduces the lifetime of remaining teeth. |
