Wearing a bridge requires that other teeth in your mouth be filed down to make space in your mouth. This makes those teeth more susceptible to decay and cavities. Not only will you be required to exercise a higher level of dental hygiene, you may experience some complications with your weaker teeth that your dentist will need to address.
Because dentures sit above your gum line, they too can present with challenges later on. Dentures do not replace the missing tooth at the root, so further bone loss is likely to occur, because the jaw bone does not receive stimulation from your tooth’s roots.
Patients who wear dentures may be susceptible to irritation from their dentures, as well as drifting of the other teeth as they try to fill the gap left by the missing tooth. Drifting teeth can loosen over time, and be lost if they are not corrected.
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