Danger #1: Bone Loss Makes You Look Older Quicker
Dental Implants assist you in looking and feeling younger because they prevent bone loss. By preventing bone loss that would normally occur with the loss of teeth, your facial structures remain normal and intact. The chances of wrinkling and the look of old age before your time are less likely. In other words, every day that you continue to wear dentures you are experiencing bone loss, which makes you look much older than you have to.

Danger #2: Poorly Fitting Partial Dentures Increase Your Risk of Tooth Loss and Gum Disease

When dentures don’t properly fit, bacteria can lie in areas behind them and lead to gum and bone disease.  Partial dentures that don’t fit actually wear through the gum tissue and destroy the bone, causing loose teeth.  The partial denture settles and the opposing teeth shift, making it even more difficult to chew.  If a person with this problem waits too long, the treatment becomes more complex and can cost thousands of dollars more to fix.

Danger #3: Dentures May Reduce Your Life Span.

I know this sounds kind of ridiculous, because who would ever think that your teeth could have an affect on how long you live. But it’s true!  Many people with poor fitting dentures or multiple missing back teeth live shorter life spans of up to 10 years less due to poor eating habits and stomach problems. They tend to eat more processed foods and experience many other health problems related to malnutrition from poorer eating habits. People today now have options to dentures, and one of them is dental implants. People who get dental implants can finally eat the healthy foods they have been missing such as apples, fresh vegetables, corn on the cob, and even steak!

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