Teeth can go missing for a wide variety of reasons which also include infection, accidents, injuries or gum diseases but that's no cause for worry.
Your missing teeth can be easily replaced by dental implants that provide a strong, permanent as well as a visually pleasing replacement that can help restore the function as well also allowing you to smile with confidence.
These fixtures made of titanium actually act like the roots of your teeth.
Absence of teeth has a huge impact on your well-being.
Just as weeds come crowding into a soil bed that is not sown, the remaining teeth in your mouth tend to shift towards the gap, rotate and become crooked.
You develop an improper bite, and this can make it very hard for you to chew or even digest food.
Chewing food starts off the digestive process in your mouth, when the enzymes in the saliva mix with the food that you grind with your teeth.
Missing teeth therefore spells out a lost opportunity for the enzyme to act properly with the food and puts a burden on your digestive system.
In this case, the food that you eat doesn't nourish you.
Missing teeth can also affect neck posture and your overall body posture.
It has also been known to cause snoring and severe migraines in some patients.
Isn't it wiser to replace those missing teeth with dental implants that provide an efficient biting surface that is crucial to your good health and well-being? A consultation with your dentist can confirm if you are eligible for dental implants, but if you are keeping good health and have been maintaining good oral hygiene, there shouldn't be a problem.
Sometimes lack of bone may make it hard for your dentist to carry out the implant procedure.
Dental implants are the best solution to replace a single tooth in order to prevent shifting of your natural teeth in to the gap.
If you have several teeth that are missing or beyond repair, your dentist can fit a ceramic bridge that is custom-made to match your natural teeth and position them securely on the dental implants.
In case you have lost all your teeth, your dentist will suggest dental implants or partial dentures.
Depending on your case, you can be fitted with removable implant over dentures, where new teeth are attached to two or more dental implants.
You can remove these dentures for cleaning.
Alternatively, you can get fixed implant supported bridges which are a more durable and permanent solution in which your replacement teeth is secured on four or more implants.