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Molar Space Closure

We see lots of patients with large gaps or missing teeth that were extracted early in life. This is a big problem. Teeth on the edges of these spaces can drift and bone in the area can be lost. This makes placement of a dental implant complicated as it can often require orthodontics (to upright adjacent teeth) as well as ridge augmentation procedures (to graft additional bone to support the implant). We had a patient present with 3 missing 1st molar. He wanted an option besides dental implants.