Many people feel that there is not much impact in the early stage of missing teeth, so they let it go, and wait until the adjacent teeth suffer and affect the diet, and then they think of dental implants, but at this time they may have been missing teeth for several years, or even more than ten years, can they still do dental implants in this case?If you have been missing a tooth for a long time, you can plant it, but the process will be more difficult.
What are the effects of missing teeth for too long?
1.There is a missing tooth gap.
If a tooth is missing in the middle, both teeth will fall into the gap between the missing teeth. To increase the burden on other teeth, there is a certain limit to the chewing force borne by the teeth, and the chewing force is concentrated on the remaining teeth, causing trauma to the remaining teeth and resulting in periodontal disease.
2.Teeth are elongated or tilted.
The opposite tooth of missing teeth will grow abnormally, the upper teeth are called elongation, and the lower teeth are called tilt.
3.Hemi-chewing.
If one side of the tooth is much missing, you will naturally chew with the other side and develop the Xi of chewing on the side. After a long time, the face will be deviated, one side of the muscles will be developed, and the other side of the muscles will be underdeveloped, and the face will be crooked.
4.Temporomandibular joint dysfunction.
The temporomandibular joint is a linkage joint, the left joint moves, and the right joint must also move, so it requires that the force on both joints is relatively uniform to be beneficial to the function. If you chew sideways for a long time, it is easy to lead to joint diseases, and in the most severe cases, the mouth cannot be opened, which is not only very painful, but also very difficult.
5.Excessive tooth loss, which affects digestive function.
Chewing with your teeth is not only the initial digestion of food, but also promotes gastrointestinal peristalsis and accelerates the absorption of nutrients. When there are too many missing teeth, the efficiency of chewing is reduced, saliva secretion is reduced, and gastrointestinal peristalsis is slowed down, which will lead to unchewed food entering the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in an increase in the burden on the gastrointestinal system, causing gastrointestinal dysfunction, and affecting the digestion and absorption of nutrients by the human body.
If I miss a tooth for too long, will it make it more difficult to implant a tooth?
If you want to implant for a long time, it will increase the difficulty of implant surgery, and at the same time, it will also increase the difficulty of implant doctors, some patients will have alveolar bone resorption, if implantation also needs bone grafting, then what are the specific effects?
The occlusal relationship is damaged, and the occlusal relationship needs to be reconstructed: the longer the jaw teeth are elongated, the adjacent teeth are toppled, and the remaining teeth are displaced, the more serious the occlusal relationship is damaged, and when a single missing tooth evolves into multiple or half mouths, the difficulty of occlusal reconstruction is greater.
Alveolar bone loss is severe and bone grafting may be required: Usually, weeks or months after the tooth is lost or extracted, there is no root stimulation in the missing socket, and the alveolar bone will gradually be lost and atrophied, resulting in the alveolar bone volume not being able to support the fixation of the implant. In order for the implant to stand firmly, bone powder periosteum, or even autologous bone grafting, is required. Therefore, the alveolar bone condition needs to be evaluated before dental implant surgery.
If periodontal problems are present, they can only be implanted after treatment: the bite relationship becomes messy after missing teeth, which makes it easier to impacte food than usual, accelerates the formation of tartar and plaque, and induces periodontal disease. Patients who have been using removable dentures for a long time are more likely to scratch their gums when they are removed back and forth. Therefore, before dental implantation, it is necessary to deal with various periodontal problems.
To sum up, dental implants can still be done after a period of tooth loss, but it is better to repair them in time, and you can choose according to your own economic situation and actual situation