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Losing teeth during childhood is natural and common to all. During childhood, falling teeth are associated with growing age and considered the age of transformation as a kid transforms from childhood to adulthood and hence is the time for celebration but if the same i.e. falling of teeth happens during adulthood then all the excitement and happiness changes into shock and concern. Losing teeth during one’s formative years is natural and a sigh of growth as falling of milk teeth makes way for the permanent teeth but missing teeth during the adulthood is not a positive sign at all. It is associated with various oral health problems.

Now in such circumstances, dental implants work as life savers for people with missing teeth. One can lose teeth due to various factors including some serious reasons such as improper care, ignorance in maintaining dental care which leads to damage to teeth and gums or even can further lead to various gum diseases. If these oral infections and cavities are ignored and left untreated then these develop into periodontal disease leaving your teeth weak and weakens the hold of gum. Therefore, this further leads to fall of teeth or sometimes a teeth is severely affected to such extent that a dentist has to perform extraction that leaves a gap between teeth which is replaced by performing a dental implant.

Sometimes tooth has to be extracted, extraction is mainly done to remove third molars that occur out of line hindering neighbouring teeth. In absence of a dental implant when there is a missing teeth, gap between teeth can make things difficult for you as it affects the daily basic activities such as biting, chewing, and cause difficulty while speaking too. Earlier there were a bit limited treatments to replace missing teeth and they were partial or complete dentures for single or more missing teeth respectively. But now with advancement in the field of dentistry, there is a better way of replacing missing teeth and that is undergoing a dental implant.