Why a Single Missing Tooth Should Not Wait
A gap does not stay still; everything around it slowly shifts.
How the silent chain works
Teeth stay balanced by leaning on one another. When one is lost that balance breaks and the neighbours begin to tip — slowly, over months and years, so the patient does not notice. Meanwhile the opposing tooth over-erupts having nothing to meet. Once three teeth have moved, there may not be room for the eventual restoration.
Why the bone resorbs
The jawbone is stimulated by chewing forces and keeps its density through that stimulation. Once the tooth is lost the area stops being stimulated and the bone reduces in both height and width, irreversibly — so a site that could have taken an implant directly may need grafting years later.
Options and timing
- If the neighbours are sound → an implant, leaving them untouched
- If the neighbours already need crowns → a bridge
- If bone has resorbed → grafting followed by an implant
- If surgery is unsuitable → a partial denture
- The decision is made with a CT scan and examination
- The earlier the decision, the more options remain
Getting Here, Booking and Emergencies from Aydogmus
Route, booking and emergency arrangements for patients from Aydogmus.
Getting here from Aydogmus
Aydoğmuş lies in the Kepez district of Antalya; Kepez is one of the central districts, about 6 kilometres from the clinic. We also see patients from neighbouring areas that share the route from Aydogmus, such as Varsak Esentepe, Yeşiltepe, Altıayak, Baraj. You can ask for the location on WhatsApp when travelling from Aydogmus.
Appointments for Aydogmus
At this distance, splitting treatment into visits is no problem for patients from Aydoğmuş, and attending reviews is easy too. As with patients from Kepez generally, appointments for families from Aydogmus can be scheduled consecutively.
Emergencies from Aydogmus
Setting out from Aydoğmuş at night is quick; come without delay in an emergency, and calling as you leave means preparation is done in advance. For patients coming from Dental Clinic in Aydogmus, the clinic is open 24/7 and in an emergency the order is set by severity rather than arrival time. For spreading facial swelling, difficulty swallowing or breathing, or toothache with fever, go to the nearest emergency department.
Dry Socket: When Pain Returns After an Extraction
Pain after an extraction is worst on the first day and then subsides. A break in that pattern — pain returning on the second or third day, worse than before — is the characteristic presentation of dry socket.
Why the clot matters
The clot that forms in the socket is a biological dressing over the underlying bone and nerve endings, and healing begins on top of it. If it is lost early the bone is exposed directly to the mouth, which is why the pain is severe. Dry socket is not an infection, so antibiotics do not resolve it.
What increases the risk
Anything that dislodges the clot or disturbs its formation:
- Smoking — the suction and the substances in the smoke; the strongest risk factor
- Drinking through a straw and rinsing forcefully
- Difficult, traumatic surgical extractions
- Pre-existing infection at the extraction site
- Abandoning oral hygiene altogether after the extraction
How it is treated
The socket is gently irrigated and a medicated dressing that relieves the pain is placed; relief usually begins within minutes. The dressing may be renewed several times during healing. There is no home treatment; trying to manage with painkillers only prolongs it. This is one of the situations worth attending for even at night.

































































