“Will my teeth shift if I lose a molar?”
I am a 31 year old male. I want to know if my teeth will shift if I lose a molar?
11 Answers
It is deeping on which molar you are losing. If you lose wisdom teeth that will not be affect the harmony of your teeth. However losing your other molars will most likely cause shift in other teeth by cauing super eruption of the opposing tooth and drifting of the adjacent teeth. We recommend replacing the missing teeth with the necessary dental prosthesis.
Most teeth do shift when a neighboring or opposing tooth is lost. In addition over time you will lose none where the tooth once was.
If the teeth being removed are wisdom teeth, there will be no shifting. If you lose a forward tooth and this tooth is not replaced either by implant, bridge or removable denture...yes, your teeth will shift. And then, at a future point that you may want to address missing tooth, you may need orthodontic braces placed to correct movement.
Every time you loose a tooth the other ones will try to rearrange and fill the gap left. This will cause teeth to shift with no real guidance and most likely will cause you to have other issues like a bad bite (malocclusion), jaw pain, sensitive teeth, bone loss and eventually other teeth will need work or be removed. My suggestion is for you to seek professional help and find out what are your options to replace the missing tooth. Placing an implant or a bridge or a partial denture are viable options. Only your dentist will be able to decide which one is best for your case after a clinical and X-ray exam (radiographs).
Eventually, “yes,” if no replacement is done.
If it's an end molar- no. If it's a molar between some teeth- often yes.
Your teeth will shift if you lose a molar. The tooth just behind the missing tooth will drift into the missing area. The tooth below the missing tooth will begin to shift upward into the missing area (Super-erupt). This process could take months or even years depending on how quickly your body adapts to change. You should see your dentist as soon as possible to come up with a plan to replace the missing molar before the shifting process begins.
Yes
You need to visit a dentist for evaluation.
Your teeth can shift if you lose a molar. Have to determine what tooth is missing first and what teeth are around it.
Hello,
This is a good forward thinking question. Yes, most of the time when a molar is removed the teeth around it tend to shift. Teeth behind it usually shift forward and the teeth opposing it (the upper tooth if the one removed is in the lower, and visa-versa) will drift down into the space of where the molar used to be. When this happens it does become a little bit of a headache to replace that tooth in the future, dentistry is all about space. It would involve moving those teeth out of the space one way or another.
Think about it this way, our teeth shift all the time without losing a molar. This is why invisalign is so popular and why people are told to wear their retainers for the rest of their lives. Hope this helps.
My best to you!
William F. Scott IV, DMD
This is a good forward thinking question. Yes, most of the time when a molar is removed the teeth around it tend to shift. Teeth behind it usually shift forward and the teeth opposing it (the upper tooth if the one removed is in the lower, and visa-versa) will drift down into the space of where the molar used to be. When this happens it does become a little bit of a headache to replace that tooth in the future, dentistry is all about space. It would involve moving those teeth out of the space one way or another.
Think about it this way, our teeth shift all the time without losing a molar. This is why invisalign is so popular and why people are told to wear their retainers for the rest of their lives. Hope this helps.
My best to you!
William F. Scott IV, DMD
