Tooth implants why you need them
The teeth are lost due to trauma or disease. Trauma can take the form of an accident or excessive biting forces. The disease is usually dental caries and periodontal disease, but other categories such as cancer and multiple tumors of the jaw, which can lead to tooth loss. Studies show that over 50% of the population has one or more missing teeth. Trauma often causes the loss of a single tooth. The effect this has on a person’s well-being is evident. Fortunately, an experienced dentist can usually eliminate the remaining root, place a dental implant and provide a new tooth to the implant within two hours. The loss of a single tooth in the back is usually caused by decay or periodontal disease. Sometimes it can be treated like the front teeth, but for various reasons, often takes longer.
The need to replace a missing tooth in the back is often not as intuitively obvious as the need to replace a front tooth, but it is also important. The teeth are very mobile. We saw all the dentists putting a small elastic rubber band and move it anywhere he wants. Each tooth in the mouth has a specific position and purpose. When you have a missing tooth the natural reaction of the body is to position the adjacent teeth into void that is created by the missing tooth. In time a missing tooth can actually cause changes in the position of every other tooth in the mouth. Malocclusion can contribute to developing temporomandibular dysfunction, headache, muscle spasms and neck and shoulders, food impaction between the teeth, caries, periodontal disease and other problems.
Because these problems are not always developed and because they can occur years after the tooth is lost, people do not associate the loss of the teeth of the problems it causes. It’s a shame that one piece is often overlooked in light of the possible consequences, but the development of dental implants to replace a single missing tooth is to encourage more people to seek early treatment. Several missing teeth is usually a single piece. Each time a tooth is lost and not replaced, it accelerates the loss of several teeth. As more teeth are lost all the problems associated with a single piece are exaggerated.
Dental implants offer a surprisingly simple and reliable solution. Dental implants for one or more missing teeth have artificial titanium roots that replace the roots of natural teeth. For a single missing tooth it has an implant and a crown attached to it. The result is a natural looking tooth and acts as the real natural tooth being replaced. Many people think that, with several missing teeth a dental implant is necessary to replace each tooth, and this is usually not the case. For example, if three missing teeth are in a row, it is often possible to replace only two dental implants and a fixed bridge between them.