My dentist keeps telling me I need to replace my missing teeth. If I am not in pain, why should I spend the money to replace teeth I dont need?

Suppose you were going to buy a new car and there were two models exactly alike, except one was $2,000.00 less. The only difference between the two cars is the dealer took one tooth out of one of the cars gears. There are multiple teeth in the gears and they only took one small tooth from the gears. Which car would you buy? Suppose further that you bought the $2,000 cheaper model. Would you expect the cars to last the same period of time? Most probably not! You would probably find that just one missing tooth could cause multiple other problems with your car. The same can be true of your mouth. There are three components, which comprise and determine how your mouth functions. These are the teeth, jaw joints and muscles of mastication. Potential and actual damage may occur if removal of one tooth allows the remainder of the teeth to alter their position. This affects not only the teeth, but it may also affect the muscles, causing head or facial pain, and jaw joint dysfunction. ...  more