Some people say: "As you get older, your teeth will loosen." That's not true.

All teeth have one or more roots that are firmly held in the bone surrounding the tooth - what we call the alveolar bone. Tooth loosens when the connection between the root and the alveolar bone is broken.

The most common cause of loose teeth is: periodontitis. When a large amount of plaque, soft scale, and calculus have accumulated on the surface of the teeth for a long time, a large number of toxins produced by bacteria and bacteria stimulate the gums and cause inflammation of the gums. If it is not treated in time and the inflammation is not controlled, it will expand to the deep, destroy the connection between the root and the alveolar bone, and cause the absorption of the alveolar bone around the root. When the connection between the root and the alveolar bone is destroyed by more than half , the teeth will become loose, and chewing will be weak. With the extension of time, the loose teeth will increase and eventually lead to tooth loss. Most of the periodontitis develops slowly, and often people don't have loose teeth until middle age, so it causes the illusion of old teeth loose. Prevention and timely treatment of periodontitis is an important means of preventing and treating loose teeth.

In addition, occlusal trauma, trauma, apical inflammation and other damage to the connection between the root and the alveolar bone can also cause tooth loosening. In the treatment of periodontitis, corresponding dental or orthodontic treatment is required.