Your Natural Teeth - keep them if you can

Sometimes I look at myself and my friends to measure how we are all aging. I would say that none of us has done anything too drastic to retain our youthfulness. You know we keep our hair nice, try to keep the extra weight off, perhaps a little botox... But it was the loss of a tooth in one of my friends (that I have known since high school) - that really got my attention. It wasn't a front tooth but one on the side, visible when he smiles. It was the first time that I really thought of him as older.

The effects on extracting a tooth that can be saved - reach farther than the cosmetic - it also affects the support of the jaw and losing even just one tooth can result in a collapsed bite.

Never extract your teeth if there is another alternative available.