Missing teeth not only alter your appearance but can also significantly affect your self-esteem, especially if you’re a young adult. A complete set of teeth can boost your confidence, allowing you to face the world with self-assurance. However, the reasons to replace missing teeth go beyond just appearances.

The Risks of Waiting

Even a single missing tooth affects the remaining teeth; the younger you are, the more evident that effect will be over time. When a tooth or teeth are missing, the adjacent teeth and the opposing teeth naturally begin to shift to move into the empty space. This leads to issues like misalignment, crooked teeth, and problems with your bite.

Regrettably, if you wait too long, correcting misalignments without extensive orthodontic work can be challenging and costly. This can lead to the development of long-term dental issues, which not only incur significant costs but also cause considerable discomfort.

How Missing Teeth Impacts Daily Life

It’s difficult to ignore a missing tooth when you see that gap every time you look in the mirror. Imagine how it looks when others see that gap! Psychologically, they may judge you negatively and wonder whether you don’t take care of yourself. They can even affect your speech, creating a lisp that makes communication difficult. In social and professional settings, missing teeth are a definite disadvantage.

Missing teeth also present functional challenges. Enjoying those game-day hot wings can be a struggle when you’re missing teeth. Young adults often find that missing teeth interfere with their ability to eat many of the foods they love, and the longer they delay replacing missing teeth, the more their eating habits are affected.

Removable Dental Prosthetics in NYC Are an Affordable Solution

If you’re a young adult on a budget, you might be postponing replacing your missing teeth because it doesn’t seem like a priority. However, your oral health should always be a priority, and removable dental prosthetics (such as a denture or flipper tooth or teeth) are cost-effective and time-effective solutions for missing teeth.

Removable prosthetics help prevent future dental health issues and improve your daily life in several ways, including:

• Filling gaps left by missing teeth, preventing your remaining teeth from shifting.
• Filling gaps left by missing teeth, preventing opposing teeth from drifting up or down to meet the opposite jaw.
• Improving your chewing ability.
• Preserving facial and jaw muscle tone, preventing facial sagging.
• Improving your ability to speak clearly.
• Enhancing your smile.

Removable dental prosthetics include dental bridges, partial dentures, and dentures. Each of these options is affordable and easy to use.  Our dentists will fit you with replacement teeth that fit comfortably, look natural, and restore your smile to its former beauty.  You may consider a dental implant or implants down the road or you may opt to maintain your removable appliance, whichever works well for you personally. 

Not Your Grandparents’ Dentures

The myth that only the elderly wear dentures or bridges is an old one, but it simply isn’t true. With today’s advancements in the quality of design and materials, dentures and bridges are virtually indistinguishable from natural teeth. You probably know people who have replaced missing teeth with removable prosthetics, but you don’t know it because their replacement teeth look so natural.

Individuals who suffer from genetic disorders, patients who have lost teeth due to illness, and people who have been injured in accidents all rely on dentures or bridges to replace missing teeth, regardless of their age. And the majority of denture wearers get their first set between the ages of 40 and 49 – certainly not elderly!

Your Choice, Our Solutions

The type of removable prosthetic that you choose or that you need in order to replace your missing teeth, whether a partial denture or a flipper, complete dentures, or bridges, is your decision.  At Herald Square Dental, we offer a complete line of removable dental prosthetics in NYC made from various materials to fit every budget so you never have to face life with missing teeth. If you are missing one or more teeth but are hesitant to move forward with replacement, our dental professionals can walk you through all your options and help you choose the perfect solution to protect your oral health without wrecking your budget. Contact our office today to schedule a consultation.

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