It can be an emotional and upsetting experience to experience tooth loss. Patients are often motivated to replace their teeth when a front tooth is gone; however, the same urgency often isn’t felt when a back tooth is missing. Every tooth, no matter the location, should be replaced. The only teeth that are never replaced are when wisdom teeth are removed or certain teeth are removed for orthodontic purposes. Although teeth are individual units in the mouth, they all work together to function properly. When one tooth is missing, it can interrupt and change the roles of the surrounding teeth. Here are some reasons replacing your tooth is vital to your oral health: