Assertion: tooth | /r/HasProperty | lost
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text: When a tooth is lost, dentures, bridges, or implants may be used as replacements.
text: The thing is when a tooth is lost, and if no bone substitute is added, the jawbone in this area will resorb and schrink as you know by now, so the floor or the sinus will move downward.
text: The alveolar bone will slowly resorb over time once the tooth is lost.
text: In general, you may need dental bone grafting in case of: Missing teeth bone loss - When a tooth is lost, the body thinks that the bone around it is no longer needed and starts a resorption process to recover the bone minerals that leads to bone loss.
text: - When a tooth is lost, the body thinks that the bone around it is no longer needed and starts a resorption process to recover the bone minerals that leads to bone loss.
text: As a result, when the tooth is lost the body quickly begins to resorb the bone, unless it is immediately replaced with either another tooth, implant or in this case a “ridge preservation graft” (socket graft).
text: However, it is most frequently due to either the presence of a dental infection or a size discrepancy between the tooth that is being lost and any possibility of an immediate implant replacement.
text: As a consequence of this relationship, when a tooth is lost, the result may be the presence of very little bone between the oral cavity and this air space (see Figure 7).
text: Once a tooth is lost, the alveolar bone in the jaw that supports the tooth begins to disintegrate, which can affect the structure of the face, including the jaw and its joints and muscles if many teeth are missing.
text: It begins as soon as a tooth is lost, when the natural stimulation for bone growth created by the force of teeth chewing can no longer occur.
text: Even if just one tooth is lost, your appearance can drastically change as the surrounding teeth drift out of position and change the bite.
text: When a tooth is lost, the lack of stimulation causes loss of alveolar bone — its external width, then height, and ultimately bone volume.
text: When any tooth is lost, the bone in that area immediately begins to melt away or resorb.
text: Even if just one tooth is lost, your appearance can drastically change as the surrounding teeth drift out of position and change the bite.