When patients consider tooth replacement, they often focus on the front teeth. Their thought is that they only need to restore the smile’s most visible parts. Indeed, many will even wonder: Why replace a missing tooth no one can see? With all that said, you really should replace any missing molars you have with quality dental implants. Getting the posts would prevent many oral issues, thus preserving your grin’s strength and stability. For more details, simply read over the summary below.
No Molars = Major Issues
Though they aren’t visible, going without back teeth is dangerous for your oral health. The loss of one’s molars is known to cause problems like:
Shifting & Lost Teeth
Smile gaps are always harmful, including those formed by missing molars. Leaving them alone too long causes nearby teeth to shift, resulting in a crooked grin and similar orthodontic issues. (Such shifts even result in further tooth loss in some cases.)
Worse Nutritional Health
You need molars to chew well, so losing them harms your ability to eat. You can’t grind food into suitable digestible pieces – thus providing your body with proper nutrition – without them. Therefore, missing even one of them will make your meals tougher and make malnutrition more likely.
Visible Facial Collapse
Teeth stimulate and maintain your jawbone (via chewing), whether they’re visible or not. You need every one of them to keep your face looking vibrant, full, and firm. As such, lacking a molar or two will weaken your bite force and deprive your jaw of stimulation. The long-term result of such things is facial collapse – a condition that makes your face seem saggy, wrinkled, and old.
Dental Implants are the Solution
Given the above, you should replace any missing back teeth with dental implants. These posts will fix your oral problems and make your smile strong again.
It all comes down to how the implants work. As they slowly fuse with your jaw, they restore your bite force and let you chew tough foods well. Their fusion also stimulates your jawbone enough to preserve the latter’s tissue and prevent facial collapse. In addition, fully-fused implants stop other teeth from tilting; they thus help your smile stay straight and aligned.
In the end, you should always replace a missing tooth no one can see. Do so soon by seeing your dental provider!
About the Practice
Kovar Dental is based in Fredericksburg, TX. Led by Drs. Lance and Heidi Kovar, our practice has been giving patients gorgeous and healthy grins for over twenty years now. We’re thus immensely experienced with (and provide) preventive, cosmetic, and restorative dental work. Whether you just need a dental checkup or need to replace a missing back tooth, our team is ready to help! For more details or to book a visit, please contact us on our website or by phone at (830)-997-7544.