A missing tooth affects how your teeth look, whether it’s missing because of an impact injury or an infection. It can also affect the health of your teeth. Not having an entire row of teeth can also prevent you from eating your favourite foods.
Dental implants are a sensible solution to replacing a lost tooth. They fill in the gaps from missing teeth, giving you a complete row of teeth again.
A dental implant looks, functions and feels exactly like a natural tooth and will stop your remaining teeth from moving around. Having teeth that shift around means you may get crooked teeth, which are more subject to being broken or cracked.
If you leave a missing tooth untreated for too long, you can also experience reduced jawbone strength, changes to your facial structure, or speech difficulties. You can lose more teeth and even lose part of your jawbone completely, which is expensive to fix.
People with missing teeth are more likely to get TMJ disorder, where the temporomandibular joint (on either side of your head) doesn’t work correctly. The jawbone becomes more strained when there are missing teeth, which means you may feel pain in day-to-day functions such as speaking, yawning and smiling.
Barkly Street Dental Group provides a complete dental implant offering. Their dentists have extra training in implant dentistry, so you know you’re receiving quality dental treatment from dentists with years of experience.
After an initial consultation, the dentist will assess your suitability for implants and recommend a solution customised exactly for your needs.
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