Why Tooth Replacement?
Once you have a tooth extracted, there are all sort of false reasons to postpone having it replaced. It may be a molar toward the back which doesn’t show, so who cares? You don’t want to have the adjacent teeth prepared just to replace a missing one. You don’t have time for the replacement work. There are better things to spend money on. None of these reasons are valid. The number of reasons may seem to make an overwhelming argument, but the reasons on the other side of the issue are just as numerous and definitely more compelling. The simple, indisputable fact is that leaving a space where the tooth once stood will hasten the break-down of otherwise good teeth. Teeth next to and opposite the space can and will shift. The chain of contacts will break down. Food will pack into and cause inflammation and gum problems between the teeth on that side of the mouth. Radical bone changes also occur.
