Missing teeth are invariably associated with a poorer diet. Quality of life clearly deteriorates when individuals are forced to limit food choices, and the foods chosen do not provide optimal nutrition.

Here are a number of options after you have teeth removed.

Do nothing - accept the space and leave it empty as many people do (ignoring the undesirable consequences).

• Implants are the best replacement option for placing one or more or all new teeth. These are metal 'anchors' placed in your jawbone. Dentures or ceramic fixed teeth are fixed on top of the implants.

  FIXED TEETH WITH DENTAL IMPLANTS

  

  

• Dental Bridges can replace missing teeth. These are artificical teeth fixed onto neighbouring natural teeth with permanent dental adhesive cements.

  PERMANENTLY FIXED TEETH

  

• These are removable by the patient and have to be removed and worn on a daily basis for maintainance of denture and gums

  REMOVABLE DENTURES

  

  

THE MOST APPROPRIATE TREATMENT WILL DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF TEETH THAT ARE MISSING, WHERE THEY ARE IN YOUR MOUTH AND THE CONDITION OF ANY REMAINING TEETH. DR AKSHAY. SONI AT FOUNTAIN DENTAL CLINIC & IMPLANT CENTER WILL HELP YOU DECIDE WHICH OPTION IS BEST FOR YOU.

Lost teeth have to be replaced, or the consequences may be painless but severely harmful

PLEASE PUT ARROWS IN FRONT OF THESE FOLLOWING POINTS.

• Chewing efficiency and overall health can be affected with direct effect on digestive system
• Choice of food becomes limited due to inability to bite on hard food.
• The looks or appearance of the front teeth and the overall smile can deteriorate.
• Teeth neighbouring the spaces may drift and tilt into them.
• Teeth in the opposite jaw, over the space, can grow longer because there is no opposite tooth to bite against, and restrict each other in their own domain.

• A dental bridge for replacing one tooth is a 3 unit structure, which has caps on neighbouring supporting teeth on either side of a space,and replaces a missing tooth or teeth of the space
• It is called a "bridge" because it spans the gap between two normal teeth. It is not removable by the patient.
• A bridge is a natural-looking replacement for missing teeth. It matches the neighbouring teeth.

A replacement crown replaces part or all of a natural crown like the helmet over the head, it protects the tooth during function.

The permanent Cap or cover or crown is fixed on to the tooth with a permanent adhesive cement of the highest international quality. It does not come out while eating or chewing food in most situations.

A partial denture is which is removable at patient’s will and can be used to replace one or more missing teeth. A partial denture is a framework (plate) with a number of artificial teeth on it.

There are different types of partial dentures, but they commonly include a metal and/or plastic plate with plastic or porcelain artificial teeth. Partial dentures often have metal clasps. Where possible, these clasps are hidden so that they can't be seen when you smile or talk and at the same time gain retention from teeth.

It cannot be fixed or worn permanently. It has to be removed and cleaned on a daily basis. Where as fixed teeth are permanently adhered in the mouth.

Removable denture contains a plate for the support of the artificial teeth which asks for adjustment from the tongue and surrounding tissues of mouth during speech and chewing which may last upto a couple of weeks.

It has a bit of a foreign body feeling. Whereas fixed teeth are of natural teeth size and shape and no extra bulk is there which facilitates its easy and fast acceptance in the mouth.