I know this may seem a little superficial of me, and vain but I'm due to get a tooth extracted in a couple weeks, and I'm starting to worry about facial sagging and weakness, as all the dentistry places say that can happen. Im not sure if its a huge amount of bone loss, or many many years after a tooth is extracted or after many teeth are removed it happens.
Is it very noticeable? After I get my tooth removed - which is on the back left bottom jaw, I think its the bottom left 2nd molar (its large, had a root canal done when I was 13 - 34 now so lasted quite a while) I will be saving to get a Maryland bridge, preferrably an implant but that would take longer to save for €12-1400 here in Ireland, whereas a Marland Bridge is €900. I suppose I could save for a few more months and get the implant, but not sure of my bone density. The options are there anyway.
I'm already anxious about getting a tooth out, as I've never had one out before ever. So this is frightening. I'm already feeling panicky and thinking and thinking about it, worried about infections and so on, but superficially I'm worried about my face sinking in or becoming saggy. I already feel terribly having a tooth out because I know I did this to myself, with chocolate. Can't change that now though.
Anyway, I do still take great care of my teeth with brushing, flossing, rinsing. I don't drink or smoke, don't have coffee or tea, never drink sugary drinks at all, only water. So, trying my best.
Yeah, guess I'm just having a vanity moment with the thought of losing a tooth, a realization it's going to be gone. My dad laughs as he had pyorrhea in the 60's and had to be knocked out and have them all removed in one go. He despises the dentists lol!
Any experience with how a tooth extraction went? Did you notice any change in your face?