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What Causes Tooth Loss?

I'm a well raised 44 year old female, who grew up with good dental care. In my adult life, I have my teeth cleaned every three months and practice good hygiene. In the last 5 years, I've been forced to replace 5 teeth with implants and another tooth has chipped. Why are my teeth failing? As a professional, this is crazy!
posted on Tue, 18 Nov 2014
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Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,  's  Response
Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
The loss of teeth can be because of aggressive periodontitis, even though there is no deposits. This is caused by aggregator bacter which results in severe bone loss. Nothing to be panic, consult a periodontist and get it treated with root planing and grafting with bone graft. You can save the remaining teeth with the above said treatment, but the extracted teeth can be restored with implants or a bridge.
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Dentist, Implantology,  Dr. Govindaraj's  Response
With normal process of aging the enamel on the tooth tend to wear out, so also the periodontal condition of the teeth would be weakened. But certain medical conditions like diabetes would also have an indirect effect on the periodontium. Even with meticulous oral hygene, it would be difficult to attribute a particular cause.
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What Causes Tooth Loss?

Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query. The loss of teeth can be because of aggressive periodontitis, even though there is no deposits. This is caused by aggregator bacter which results in severe bone loss. Nothing to be panic, consult a periodontist and get it treated with root planing and grafting with bone graft. You can save the remaining teeth with the above said treatment, but the extracted teeth can be restored with implants or a bridge. I hope my answer will help you, take care.