More and more people are beginning to pay attention to their teeth, but some people still think that it’s okay to have one or two missing teeth or that sooner or later when people are old, they will lose their teeth. These notions are all wrong. At present, there are three main ways to repair missing teeth. Let’s take a look.
1. Removable dentures
Removable denture is a kind of restoration that can be removed and worn by itself, including removable partial dentures and complete dentures. It uses the remaining natural teeth or oral mucosa as a support and is fixed on the remaining teeth in the mouth by a metal clasp. . Removable dentures have the advantages of low price and small amount of teeth grinding. However, the comfort, aesthetics, and chewing efficiency are poor, and the stability and chewing efficiency are far inferior to fixed dentures and implants. Moreover, it is large in size, and it tends to have a more obvious foreign body sensation at the beginning of wearing it, and it is also more troublesome to use. It needs to be removed, worn and cleaned every day. With the prolonged use, the alveolar bone and gums that play a supporting role will inevitably resorb, resulting in poor retention and instability of removable dentures, and new dentures need to be remade in three to five years.
2. Fixed dentures
Fixed dentures, also known as porcelain bridges, are a way of restoring missing teeth with porcelain or all-ceramic materials using the remaining teeth on both sides of the missing tooth space as support. The soft and hard tissues of the teeth are in good condition, no loosening, no caries, no filling treatment and root treatment, no gingivitis and periodontitis and other problems, and the number of missing teeth should not be too many. The biggest disadvantage of fixed dentures is that it requires a lot of grinding of the good teeth next to the missing tooth space, grinding the teeth on both sides of the missing tooth, and then putting the crown together, that is, one missing tooth needs to be put on three crowns, which is equivalent to putting on the teeth. a bridge. According to statistics, after many years of use of fixed bridges, there will be problems such as non-fitting, exposed metal edges, abutment caries, loosening, etc., and need to be re-implanted.
3. Dental Implant
Dental implant is to implant artificial tooth root (implant) into the alveolar bone of the missing tooth under local anesthesia to replace the original tooth root. The advantage is that on the premise of not hurting the adjacent teeth, it can achieve good retention, high chewing efficiency, comfort and beauty, which is comparable to real teeth. In terms of long-term results, dental implants are undoubtedly the most ideal method of dentures. Dental implants have become more and more people’s choice of dental implants because of their natural beauty, stability, durability, comfort, and no damage to adjacent teeth. According to the current data, the service life of dental implants can reach a lifetime of use.
If the missing teeth are not repaired for a long time, the adjacent teeth will be displaced and the opposite teeth will be elongated, resulting in impaction of food, disorganized occlusion, and periodontitis.
Secondly, there is a certain limit to the chewing force that teeth can bear. When individual teeth are missing, the chewing force is concentrated on the remaining teeth. Because the chewing force exceeds the bearing limit of the remaining teeth for a long time, the remaining teeth are overloaded and severely shortened. The service life of the remaining teeth.
Furthermore, the loss of incisors affects the appearance, the loss of posterior teeth affects eating, the loss of most teeth affects the face, and the soft tissues of the lips and cheeks lose support and invaginate, making the appearance more aging.
No matter what the cause of tooth loss, no matter the number of missing teeth, it should be repaired in time, which is not only conducive to restoring the integrity and function of the dental system, but also better maintaining the health of the remaining teeth and other oral tissues.
