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General Category => General Chat => Topic started by: StudyHacks on September 06, 2020, 04:34:06 AM

Title: Does tooth loss always result in bone loss of the jaws?
Post by: StudyHacks on September 06, 2020, 04:34:06 AM

If so, would getting a dental implant to replace the lost tooth/teeth reverse/prevent the shrinkage of the mandible/maxilla?

Title: Re: Does tooth loss always result in bone loss of the jaws?
Post by: GJ on September 06, 2020, 11:11:54 AM

Biting force is what signals for the bone to regenerate, so if there's no tooth and thus no biting force in that area, then it will lose bone.
An implant will allow biting force, so it should result in not losing bone. This is a main reason they're preferred.

Title: Re: Does tooth loss always result in bone loss of the jaws?
Post by: StudyHacks on September 08, 2020, 09:05:58 AM

Quote from: GJ on September 06, 2020, 11:11:54 AM

Biting force is what signals for the bone to regenerate, so if there's no tooth and thus no biting force in that area, then it will lose bone.
An implant will allow biting force, so it should result in not losing bone. This is a main reason they're preferred.

Perfect, understood, thanks!