Is it okay to extract a tooth without a filling?

Whether to fill a tooth after extraction depends on the specific situation. Generally speaking, filling it is best, because long-term tooth loss may cause other teeth to loosen, which is not conducive to the overall health of the teeth, especially affecting a person's chewing ability, and may also have an adverse effect on the digestive ability of the stomach and intestines. Therefore, after tooth extraction, you must go to a regular dental examination and then use appropriate methods for treatment.

Viewpoint 1: It doesn’t matter if this one is missing!

Friends, you must not have this idea. An adult usually has 28 to 32 teeth in their mouths. They perform functions such as chewing, pronunciation, and maintaining facial shape in our mouths. They are little friends who walk hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder.

The patient's teeth on the right side are neatly arranged, but due to long-term tooth loss on the left side, the upper left 56 has stretched, occupying the space originally occupied by the lower left 56, and may even bite directly on the gums of the lower left 56. Over time, it becomes very difficult to repair the lower left 56.

Long-term tooth loss will not only cause the opposing teeth to elongate, but the adjacent teeth will gradually tilt toward the space where the teeth are missing, creating gaps between the other teeth, causing food to get stuck, leading to tooth decay in the adjacent teeth, and even causing bite dysfunction.

Viewpoint 2: I want to have my teeth fixed, but how should I do it?

For friends who want to have dentures, doctors usually recommend three methods: the first is dental implants; the second is fixed bridges; and the third is removable teeth. Let’s take a look at the picture immediately.

It is not difficult to find that the tooth placement methods of dental implants and fixed bridges are fixed in the mouth. Removable teeth need to be removed and worn every day.

The completion time is 3-6 months and the cost is relatively expensive. Fixed bridges require the adjacent teeth on both sides to serve as bridge piers. Grinding the two adjacent teeth will cause irreversible damage to the adjacent teeth. The three teeth are like grasshoppers on a line. Once one tooth has a problem, all three teeth will be affected. The repair time is about 2-3 weeks and the cost is moderate. Removable teeth require a small amount of grinding of the adjacent teeth, but they need to be removed and cleaned by themselves in the morning and evening. The repair time is similar to that of fixed bridges, the cost is lower, the wearing comfort is worse than the first two, and it is easy to feel a foreign body sensation.