A missing tooth can cause more problems than simply a gap in your smile. In fact, leaving tooth replacement too long can have catastrophic effects on your oral health and function.
Many of our patients are often shocked when we explain the consequences of waiting too long for tooth replacement. With this in mind, we wanted to share those consequences with you in our latest blog, so you can act quickly to protect your oral health.
Why You Shouldn’t Wait Too Long To Replace a Missing Tooth
Involuntary Tooth Movement
Premature Ageing Of The Face
However, if you do require treatment for tooth loss and jawbone resorption, a dental implant is your best option.
Meliora Dental’s implant dentist and Practice Principal, Dr Kunal Raiha, has helped countless patients achieve tooth replacement using dental implants. If you have suffered from jawbone loss as a result of living with gaps in your smile, Kunal can help you take the first steps to turn this around and be with you every step of the journey to a healthier smile and a younger-looking facial aesthetic. Simply click on the Meliora Dental website after you’ve looked up ‘dental implants Leeds’ on Google.
Tooth Wear
Here at Meliora Dental, we can use dental implants to perform full mouth rehabilitation.Crowns are then placed over the top, giving you a new and healthy tooth surface with which to efficiently chew and bite. The crowns for your implant are custom-made and help to rebalance the forces across the mouth.
Lapse In Self-Confidence
Losing a tooth doesn’t just leave gaps in your teeth, but gaps in your confidence, too.
Living with missing teeth can be destructive to your emotional well-being.
What Are Your Options For Replacing A Missing Tooth?
We believe in giving our patients as much choice as we can when it comes to tooth replacement.
Dental Implants: Leeds Meliora Dental Can Help You Smile Again
Almost 3 in 4 adults have had a tooth extracted, but it doesn’t have to be this way! In addition to restoring your smile, we can offer preventive periodontal advice to avoid gum disease (the biggest threat to the dental health of adults in the UK).
Get in touch with us to book your consultation with Dr Kunal Rai today and set yourself on the path to a smile and confidence transformation.