Post Dental Extraction Problems: What Happens When a Tooth is Extracted?

Post Dental Extraction Problems: What Happens When a Tooth is Extracted? Tooth extraction can result in several complications:-

• Bone loss at the area where tooth is extracted, a decrease in bone height of up to 1.5mm within 3 months
• Adjacent teeth may move into empty spaces disrupting alignment of teeth and their function
• Biting force may exert pressure on remaining teeth causing them to loosen
• Multiple loss of teeth result in the shrinkage of upper and lower jaw. This leads to the "collapse" of support for facial structures such as lips and cheeks, causing effects of
• Pre-mature aging

Why Bone Loss is Detrimental After tooth extraction, you might opt for future tooth restoration options like dentures, bridges of implants. All of these require a strong jawbone foundation to function properly. As nature would have it, bone loss occurs instantly after tooth extraction. Bone height loss can be up to 1.5 mm in 3 months and decrease in the width of alveolar ridge can be as much as 50% within 12 months. Once bone is lost, it cannot be naturally replaced and this can compromise aesthetic and future tooth restoration. If the natural bone loss process is not immediately arrested after tooth extraction, the end result will always be insufficient bone volume.  This causes inward-sinking gum lines.  This renders a poor aesthetic appearance and difficulties for placement of delayed implants, dentures or bridges after tooth extraction.

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