Teeth facial structure

Be sure to wear your retainers as instructed after getting your braces off. If those teeth are not there then you will be able to close your mouth even further. The use of anesthesia will make it a painless task. Of course, if you find yourself in need of a tooth extraction, you may be concerned about how to avoid changes in face shape. As we age, our faces lose volume in both the soft tissue fat and skin and bone — our eye sockets get larger, the bones of our forehead and jaw recede. Sometimes even both. The roots of your teeth stimulate the jawbone when you chew.

Triangular ridges are those that project from the cusp tips of premolar and molars to the central groove. Surfaces that are nearest the cheeks or lips are referred to as labial , and those nearest the tongue are known as lingual. A significant amount of research has focused on determining the processes that initiate tooth development.