Can we avoid inserting dental implants completely when a tooth is lost? Is a denture or bridge the only way out?
Should we spend the time, effort and money to repair a badly damaged tooth and save it?
The best way to avoid dental implants, dentures or bridges is to move existing teeth to close the space.
Space is needed to straighten crooked teeth and to bring in protruding front teeth.
It makes sense and is more cost effective to remove the rotten tooth and use that space to straighten the rest of the teeth!
The rotten tooth is REPLACED with a beautiful and healthy smile. That’s a win-win situation worth smiling about.
Let’s sit together and discuss together with the dentists and Orthodontists as there are many factors to consider before closing the missing tooth space.
Factors to consider before closing the extracted tooth space:
Remove the damaged tooth and the pain is gone. But shall we do next? We quickly get swept back into the business of everyday life and forget about the extraction space.
This WILL eventually happen :
Now that’s certainly worth smiling about!
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