Missing teeth problems

Imagine not being able to eat your favorite food like a juicy steak or crunchy apple because you’re missing a tooth. Or imagine not landing that dream job because your confidence is hindered by a smile with missing teeth. Unfortunately, missing teeth problems like these impact more adults than you might think! The average adult has three or more missing teeth or decay that warrants a tooth to be pulled and replaced. While it may be easy to just accept missing teeth, especially if they are at the back of your smile, there are serious consequences to consider if missing teeth are ignored.

Missing Teeth Problems

Missing teeth are often the result of trauma (car or sports accidents), tooth decay, poor nutrition or gum disease. While missing teeth may just seem like a cosmetic problem that many people learn to live with, missing teeth are more than just a hole in one’s smile. They can have serious physical and psychological implications that can develop. Missing teeth problems include:

• Difficulty Chewing – teeth are designed for chewing, so when teeth are missing, it makes it difficult to chew. Chewing can cause pain for the person, causing them to eat less or eat different foods, sometimes resulting in poor nutrition.
• Shifting Teeth – when there is excess room around a tooth caused by a missing tooth, teeth shift. You may see them gap or crowd each other, causing greater long-term problems, including painful bite misalignment. Tooth decay may become more difficult to reach when teeth begin to collide, which puts them at greater risk to be lost as well.
• Speech issues – which can be embarrassing and diminish self-confidence, just like physical appearance.
• Bone loss – missing teeth can actually cause bone loss in the jaw and face due to atrophy (the weakening and decrease of tissue) causing a change in your facial structure. In most cases, this leads to looking older and the face shrinking in.
• Early aging – without your teeth to support the skin around the mouth, the skin can start to sag making those with missing teeth appear older than they are.
• Compromised mental health – a 2014 study found a link between missing teeth and both depression and anxiety.
• Loss of confidence – a 2015 study by the American Dental Association found that 23% of people reported embarrassment and avoidance of smiling due to their missing teeth.
• Missed job opportunities –that same study found 28% of people surveyed felt the appearance of their teeth affected their ability to get a job.

Solutions for Missing Teeth Problems

If you are one of the people with missing a tooth (or two), you don’t have to continue suffering – there are solutions for missing teeth problems. Visiting your dentist is the first step to finding the solution for your missing teeth problems.

Common solutions are always three:

Dentures. This is a solution from the last century. This type of construction demeans human dignity. Since 2005, we at the Dental Clinic Petar Duchev do not make Dentures.

Bridges. Bridge constructions require filing of adjacent teeth. In most cases this is very negative for these teeth, and sometimes it is necessary to "kill" them (devitalisation). Furthermore, the collapse of the gum and bone cannot be stopped. As a result, it is possible that food debris is left after eating under the bridge body.

Dental Implants. The only adequate solution today. Implant restoration is absolutely gentle to the neighboring teeth, and it also looks like a natural tooth, functions like a natural tooth and needs hygiene like a natural tooth.

Your dentist, of course, can help you figure out the best way to tackle your missing teeth problems. Don’t live any longer with the physical or emotional discomfort of missing teeth. Call to Dental clinic Petar Duchev today for more information.