When you lose a single tooth or multiple teeth, replacing these teeth should be a top priority. Even if you do not believe that the missing tooth impacts your life enough to warrant the cost of a replacement, there are dental health issues you likely have not considered. If you are looking for natural-looking dental implants in the Anderson, Indiana, area, visit Dr. Jonathan Titus and the team at Titus Dentistry.

Keep Proper Spacing

When you lose a tooth, the result is a newly created gap in your smile. Now, there may be multiple reasons why having a gap in your smile could be bothersome. If the missing tooth is in your “smile zone,” then you may be worried about the aesthetic problems this presents. Because people are understandably hyper-aware of their appearance, having a missing tooth in your smile can be highly embarrassing, leading you to seek a tooth replacement. However, if a tooth is lost in the back of the mouth, although it may create some issues with chewing or biting, you may be less willing to pay for a tooth replacement. This would be a mistake. Our teeth will naturally gravitate and shift into newly created spaces. This can result in misalignment and crooked teeth that may require more expensive orthodontic work. Choosing a dental implant to fill the gap will prevent these issues.

Preserve Your Jawbone

Your jawbone’s health relies on the stimulation your teeth provide when you bite and chew. Force goes down through your tooth, into the root, and the jawbone. It is a system that works wonderfully until you lose a tooth. The lost stimulation can actually result in the jawbone beginning to deteriorate and be reabsorbed by the body. Because a dental implant replaces the missing tooth root, the jawbone will receive the necessary stimulation needed for it to remain healthy. No other tooth replacement option can match this benefit because bridges and dentures rest on top of the gum and do not replace the missing tooth root.

To learn more about dental implants, please schedule an appointment with Dr. Titus by calling (765) 358-5868.

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