A small piece of the tooth broke off

Teeth are not only our appearance, but also have the function of chewing. Teeth are very important to us. Generally, teeth are very hard, but if we accidentally hit our teeth, it is easy to cause a small piece of tooth to be missing. Although a small piece of missing teeth will not have much impact on our lives, if the missing teeth are not filled in time, it will cause dental diseases over time.

Tooth loss may lead to the occurrence of other oral diseases and may affect the functions of multiple body systems. At this time, if the fallen teeth are repaired in time and more than 20 functional teeth are kept in the mouth, the aging rate of the human body will slow down, which is beneficial to prolonging human life.

Teeth are also important balancing organs in the body. Many physical activities and concentrated mental work require the cooperation of teeth occlusion. When multiple teeth are missing, speech pronunciation will be adversely affected, the appearance will appear older, food cannot be fully chewed, affecting the digestive function; it will have a negative impact on a person's psychology.

Missing teeth directly affects the pronunciation function, and it also seriously affects our facial image. Language is formed by the mouth, and teeth are auxiliary organs for pronunciation. If people want to speak and sing accurately, they cannot do without teeth. The teeth work together with the tongue, lips, and cheek muscles to control the route and flow of air through the oral cavity, thereby producing different sounds, forming different sentences, and expressing various wishes and thoughts. When some back teeth are missing, it has little effect on pronunciation. However, when more teeth are missing, especially when all teeth are missing, it may cause pronunciation disorders to varying degrees. This is because the tip of the tongue loses its original pronunciation positioning mark, and there is one less control point in the airflow route, so the pronunciation is unclear and inaccurate, and it sounds like air is leaking. In particular, the labiodental and endodontic sounds are unclear, and even pronunciation distortion occurs.

How to repair multiple missing teeth:

1. Fixed dentures to repair multiple missing teeth: Fixed dentures mainly use the natural teeth on both sides or one side of the gap between missing teeth as support. The dentures are bonded to the natural teeth through the retainers on them, and patients cannot take them off and put them on by themselves. However, through reasonable design, fixed dentures can provide sufficient retention force for each abutment tooth, give full play to the body's compensatory ability, and perform the chewing function.

2. Removable dentures to repair multiple missing teeth: Removable dentures are dentures that can be removed and put on by the patient themselves. They are a major method of repair after edentulous teeth. It utilizes the adjacent teeth or other remaining teeth in the edentulous area, the alveolar ridge and mucosa for support, and with the help of the clasp (i.e. metal hook) and base on the denture, the denture can be retained in the patient's mouth, and the patient can put it on and take it off by themselves.

3. Dental implants to repair multiple missing teeth: Currently, the best way to improve missing teeth is to use dental implants. The application scope of fixed dentures is largely limited by objective conditions, while removable dentures are difficult to satisfy patients because they cannot fully restore chewing efficiency, affect pronunciation and have a foreign body sensation. Dental implants can help restore the chewing function of teeth while also preventing other teeth from becoming unhealthy.