Do missing teeth really affect the jaw's shape/health? I just had one pulled (last lower molar).?

Dentist wants to put in an implant, but the only info I found relating missing teeth to jaw issues was all from cosmetic dentists' websites. Do I really need an implant? Will my upper tooth (over the hole) realign/misalign without something on the bottom?

Do missing teeth really affect the jaw's shape/health? I just had one pulled (last lower molar).?
If the tooth on the opposing arch has nothing to bite against, over time it might start to rise out of its socket ("super-eruption"). Replacing the missing tooth in that case would be a good idea.





See your dentist for an evaluation and discuss your options.





Hope this helps!
Reply:I don't push my patients to replace their last lower or upper molars. (called 12 year molars or 2nd molars). We really do most of our chewing on the 6 year or 1st molars. But, if you do not have it replaced, you do run the chance of the upper molar over erupting. Sometimes, (rare), the lower 1st molar will drift back when the 2nd molar is missing but that hardly ever happens. Discuss the options with your dentist. If what he says makes sense to you AND won't financially break you; you may decide to follow his advice. (I always caution my patients to not spend so much of their "dental" money on one problem that they end up letting the rest of their teeth suffer. Doesn't make sense to do heroics for one tooth if you sacrifice others)
Reply:teeth are not attached to bone, rather they are embedded into ligaments that are placed into the alveolar bone. so when u chew or apply any pressure onto it, its able to move slightly. what prevents teeth from moving too much, is the adjacent teeth its next to. If there is an extraction, then either teeth next to the missing tooth has the potential to "drift" out of position. The changes might not be evident immediately, but over a few years, the drifting, will cause, an incorrect bite/occlusion, and can cause a cross bite to develop. For the most part it is cosmetic, but serious problems that can manifest would be temporal mandibular joint dysfunction, due to the improper occlusion, as well as traumatic occlusion causing loose teeth.
Reply:well it depends which tooth u took it out, if it is your front tooth upper or lower it will not look good.





How ever when any one pulls a tooth out eventually


the other tooth in your mouth will move, i mean you have empty space in your gum.


now the daintiest are so cheap they will do or say anything to charge arm and leg from their patients and they tell the patients that it is the dental laboratory who charge that much.


that is a total lie, the most that they pay to dental laboratories is $50.00 or $60.00 per unit.


and then they charge patients $500.00 or $600.00 per unit.


as i said before if your tooth is in front yes u do need the implant, but if your tooth is the molars


the back tooth i do not think is that necessary.


your jaw will not move it is your gums that expands, due to empty space not a whole lot, and not in a day or two, it will take longer.


in general any crown or bridge work it will cost the dental labarotries 50.00 or 60.00 doller and u as a patient have to pay 500.00 or 600.00 per unit,


the prise for implants is tottaly diffrent, it starts from $130.00 per unit which is the prise that dental laboratories charge the dentists and of course the dentisets will charge u way more.


good luck
Reply:hi, iam a dentist........


yes, missing tooth defentiely do affevt the shape of your jaw, you may have folds on ur cheek in due course.


and ya even the alignment of upper teeth will b disturbed with the missing lower ones.


dentals implants are costly coz they are the the only artificial replacements which have roots, all other artificials replacements are placed over the gum, while implants are inserted into the gum.



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