So we try to take into account patients’ needs and wants and try to meet them in the place that they are at that time. Sometimes, you know, that can mean a tooth needs to be extracted and we don’t take it lightly here. Like, I don’t wanna extract a tooth and no patient wants to feel that either. But when that is the choice that we choose for one reason or another, we really try to make it as quick and easy as possible for the patient and painless. We have quite a few services that we can do to replace a missing tooth.
And I usually say this to every patient. We can take that tooth out and do nothing. And nobody’s ever died from a missing tooth. You will survive, it’ll be okay, but it will be harder to chew, it will be harder to bite. If that is going to impact you, we can replace that. A lot of times with a bridge, sometimes we can do a bridge. If we have solid teeth on either side of that space. Sometimes we can do that with an implant if we don’t have solid teeth on either side of that, or we want a more aesthetic or more functional option. And sometimes we can replace missing teeth with something called a removable partial denture, which we sort of use in this office as a long-term temporary. But some people love them and they work great for them. Whatever it is that you need, we will choose the right option.
