So dental implants are the best option to restore a missing tooth, and the reason for that is it’s the closest thing you can get to a natural tooth. Once we place the implant, you don’t have to worry about taking it out or it coming out. It’s in there and it acts as a natural tooth. It’s very important to replace missing teeth. There’s a big misconception out there that back teeth aren’t as important because you can’t see them. However, the back teeth play a very important role because they’re responsible for doing a majority of the chewing.
So when you start to lose back teeth, you will start to use the front teeth more and those front teeth could become damaged in the process because they’re not meant to be doing all the chewing. Or, for example, if you’re missing a tooth on your left side and you start to use your right side more subconsciously to chew, you’re going to start to have more problems on the right side, and that will lead to future tooth loss.
Our teeth are also responsible for keeping each other in place. So if you have a missing tooth, those teeth in that area could start to shift in incorrect positions and cause other issues down the road, which could also lead to further tooth loss.
