I am 32 and I have no teeth. In 2002 my dad died and I, admittedly, grieved in the worst way possible. I used, and began a decade long addiction to, drugs and alcohol. Because of those poor choices, aspects of my health suffered, such as my teeth. Over the course of a few years I had them extracted, little by little. The last such extraction was 3 years ago, 14 teeth at once. This area, obviously, never fully healed. It is pretty sensitive and painful at times, feels like an exposed nerve.
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Yes you can have a solution in cases like yours, narrow or mini implants, for snap indentures, or you can get also great results with ALL ON4, BY NOBEL BIOCARE, this will be determined with a CT SCAN, and a complete smile analysis. but don't worry there is always a solution, and even if you d...
Yes, speech alters when you have malaligned teeth, missing teeth, or spaces between teeth. Correction in these improves speech. So in your case, you have missing teeth, so after restoration definitely, your speech will improve.
Thank you for providing the the photos with your question. What you are noticing is common after an extraction. Without a tooth to support, the bone shrinks and the gum follows. It was good that you had a bone graft place to help minimize this problem. I can see that the...
