Dental Implants: Is Tooth Loss Primarily Due To Age?

You may wonder how on earth you have found yourself in need a dental implant if you’re in your 20s or 30s. Or, you may have a perfectly healthy smile at the moment and you dread your older years because you assume your teeth are going to fall out. The thing is, patients often have the relationship between age and tooth loss quite wrong. We’d like to help you better comprehend why implants become necessary and why the loss of teeth occurs, so you have a clear view on what’s what.

About Your Age And Dental Health

You can end up with a diseased smile and tooth loss in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s … you get the idea. It isn’t based on your age. It’s based on whether or not you care for your smile. Of course, if you neglect your smile throughout your younger years, then chances are higher that you will see a greater occurrence of problems and tooth loss down the line. However, this is not just because your body and mouth are older. It’s strictly dependent on the care you provide yourself. Would you like to avoid the need for dental implants? Brush, floss, and make cleanings and checkups a main priority.

Reasons You May Need An Implant

Now, let’s talk about the other side of dental implants: Remember, they’re here to help you! While it’s admirable to want to preserve your natural teeth and feel informed about the fact that you can do so forever, sometimes tooth loss happens anyway. You may lose a tooth because of sudden unavoidable trauma (like powerful contact during team sports). Or, something like decay or infection may surprise you and cause the loss of a tooth (fortunately, you can begin taking better care of your smile and scheduling preventive visits to avoid disease-related loss at any age).

See Us To Better Understand Tooth Loss And Implants

When you need to know more about tooth loss, protecting your smile, and replacing teeth with dental implants, we are the place to go! James Stewart, DDS, and our team serve patients from Livonia, MI, as well as Farmington Hills, Farmington, Plymouth, Northville, Novi, Dearborn Heights, Dearborn, Garden City, Westland, Redford, and the surrounding communities. To schedule a consultation, call our office today at (734) 425-4400.