Replacing Missing Teeth Will Benefit Your Appearance And Your Health

By Rose Dental, Nashua, NH | July 30, 2020

If you have missing teeth, you may be wondering whether it is worth doing anything about them especially if they are not in the most noticeable positions in your mouth. However, missing teeth can have a drastic change in your quality of life, oral health, and appearance, and not for the better! However, you can improve your life, boost your health, and restore your confidence if you replace missing teeth with dental implants. With that being said, read on to discover more about this.

What are some of the effects of missing teeth?

  • Bone loss and future tooth loss
  • Greater risks of gum disease and tooth decay
  • Changes to your facial structure
  • Changes to your bite
  • Changes to your smile
  • Shifting teeth

Health and functionality

When you consider the fact that missing teeth leave your mouth with open spaces, this also means your bite will get worse. This is because your teeth are going to shift over time because of the missing spaces in the mouth. In order to stay in position, teeth rely on one and other. If a tooth is not there, it is natural for the other teeth to try and drift into the missing space. This can have a negative impact on your health in a number of different ways, again highlighting why replacing your missing teeth is always a good idea. 

Tooth and bone loss impact your appearance

You probably don’t need us to explain that missing teeth can have an impact on your smile and what you see when you look in the mirror. However, what a lot of people do not realize is that missing teeth can impact the jaw bone as well. This is because of the dynamics of your mouth change! Bone deterioration can then alter your face’s shape, which can cause further tooth loss, and so it is a slippery slope to go down. However, with dental implants, they are going to replace the parts of your teeth that are visible and the roots too. This enables the implants to stimulate the jaw as your natural teeth would and this stops jaw bone deterioration.

When you take all of the points that have been discussed in this post into account, it is not hard to see why so many people today are replacing their missing teeth rather than simply coping with holes in their mouth. Even if the tooth that you have lost has fallen out in an area that is not visible, it is definitely recommended to get the tooth replaced so that you do not have to worry about all of the health problems that have been discussed. After all, the impact of a missing tooth extends a lot further than just effecting your appearance!

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