As people age, tooth loss becomes more common. However, people can also lose teeth at a young age which can be due to multiple reasons: tooth decay, gum disease, trauma to your teeth through injury, excessive wear and tear, or root canal failure. Leaving your gum exposed can cause more problems that you might think.
Read more →What are my options to REPLACE my GAP?
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Here are the following options to replace a missing tooth
1. Denture
⭐️ Now when you think of denture you may think big bulky foreign thing in your mouth, actually in order to replace A missing tooth, you only need a mini denture or what we call as partial denture.
⭐️ Advantages:
– cheapest way to replace a gap
– unlike bridges, we don’t need to interfere with adjacent teeth
– easy to clean and adjust
⭐️ Disadvantages:
– might take time to get used to
– must be removed nightly
– bone may shrink, causing denture to become loose in the future
2. Bridge
⭐️ Bridge is like a crown/cap but attached to another tooth adjacent to the missing one
⭐️ Advantages
– it is fixed therefore you don’t need to remove it at night
– only takes two appointments to finish treatment
– can be tooth coloured for better aesthetics
⭐️ Disadvantages
– will need to interfere with adjacent tooth/teeth
– your gum health must be good in order to be suitable
– bridges can fail if oral hygiene and diet are poor
3. Implant
⭐️ The best option out of the 3. It is the nearest substitute you’ll ever get.
⭐️ Advantages:
– it is fixed into the bone, no need to remove at night
– functions and looks like a normal tooth
– it can last a lifetime, unless you start smoking or have a very poor oral health
⭐️ Disadvantages:
– expensive option but worthwhile
– procedure can take between 3-9 months or more
– it is an invasive surgery
☀️We all know that we have been blessed by amazing weather these past few weeks 🌞
☀️And as a dental practice, we understand that we may give ourselves a treat to an ice cream now and then which is OKAY!
☀️BUT just remember to keep it at meal times, as a dessert.
☀️Ice cream are full of sugar and this counts as one of the 4-5 sugar attacks you can have in a day! (Maximum) 🍫
☀️If we have our treats at meal times, we produce more saliva and in result our mouth washes the sugar away quickly.
☀️ less snacking (sugar) = less chance of tooth decay*.
*with good oral hygiene
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