Teeth are a symbol of longevity, but also a guarantee of longevity

The average life expectancy of people with missing teeth is 11.7 years shorter than that of people with sound teeth!

Swiss dental experts on the world’s 10,000 middle-aged and elderly tracking study results show that the average life expectancy of people with missing teeth is 11.7 years shorter than that of people with sound teeth! Many people think that missing a tooth or two teeth is not a big deal, as long as it does not affect the meal, make do with it. However, in the long run, missing teeth can be harmful to oral and general health.

1.First, long-term missing teeth will lead to the size of the face

Facial depression

After missing teeth, we will be accustomed to chewing on the side without missing teeth, resulting in more developed biting muscles on the commonly used side, forming a large and small face.

Missing multiple teeth will make the jawbone lose support, which will lead to atrophy of the alveolar bone and facial collapse, and the longer the delay, the more serious the facial deformation.

We can often see that the mouth of the elderly is always deflated, in fact, they do not want their mouths to be deflated, but because of the deterioration of body functions, teeth loss caused by the cheeks are sunken, as if always deflated mouth.

2.Second, long-term missing teeth may lead to neighboring teeth loosening, fall off, the teeth crazy growth, caries

Missing teeth will lead to adjacent teeth due to the loss of support and loosening, followed by successive loss, and ultimately less and less teeth in the mouth, which is often referred to as “missing one less than three”.

In addition, the missing teeth will lead to the missing part of the opposite side of the teeth are not blocked and overgrowth, long-term will form a bite disorder, want to repair the difficulty will increase, but also easy to plug teeth. In turn, the plugging will also aggravate localized dental caries, making it easier for food to become embedded, forming a vicious circle.

In the long run, the local periodontal tissues will be damaged, and cause inflammation, and then develop into periodontitis, manifested as gum recession, abscesses, and often have bad breath.

3.Third, long-term missing teeth seriously affect the health of the whole body

Chewing function is reduced, poor nutrient absorption of a variety of systemic diseases also come one after another.

According to the U.S. oral health data show: missing teeth

People’s gastrointestinal diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, joint diseases, premature aging and Alzheimer’s disease is higher than that of the elderly with sound teeth.

According to the results of the National Oral Health Epidemiologic Sample Survey:

Among young and middle-aged people between the ages of 25 and 44, one out of every four people is missing teeth, and the prevalence of caries (tooth decay, commonly known as dental caries, tooth decay) among young and middle-aged people between the ages of 35 and 44 is 88.1%.

Missing teeth is now not the exclusive disease of the elderly only, do not think that the lack of a tooth has no effect, oral health on the health of the whole body is of far-reaching significance, the teeth are to accompany our doctor’s friends, the next few decades of life can not be separated from their hard work, we must properly protect the teeth ah!

If you have a missing tooth, you must remember to get a filling and dental restoration