Does having teeth removed cause back problems?

Hey, I'm considering having teeth removed as my dentist has told me mine are so crowded, the overlapping means it is making it difficult for me to keep my teeth clean (even though I do brush twice a day and floss at least once a day). However, my mum read in a health magazine that dental work causes back problems (something to do with the spine, head and teeth being connected). I cannot find any information on this anywhere and even my dentist hasn't heard of this claim but I would rather continue cleaning my teeth as best I can rather than risking back problems if this is true, although I am worried about developing some form of gum disease later in life :(





Thanks for taking the time to read this, any information would be much appreciated! Thank you!!

Does having teeth removed cause back problems?
I've had exactly the same kind of work done to my teeth and I never had any back problems*. It depends on how rough your dentist is when he extracts the teeth (joking!).





(* Not until I tried to do the "crab" at a party while drunk)
Reply:I've had my top teeth removed and have not suffered any back problems because of it. Don't know what Mum is reading but there should not be any problems. Good Luck.
Reply:There's probably no connection that you're going to see established with the Dental Association because they can't diagnose problems that aren't in your teeth.





Western Medicine follows the paradigm that "the part is the whole."





Obvious this is a silly paradigm and it should be clear to anyone that the entire body is interconnected.





Now is a tooth extraction going to cause a misalignment of your spine? That's pretty unlikely. But can the relief of pressure temporarily lead to some inflammation in the neck as tissues realign, re-balance and heal? How about a bit further down? That's much more likely.





Of course, realize that means you're dealing with a short term symptom caused by the effects of normal homeostasis. Your body is just re-balancing. That is not "a problem."
Reply:I've personally never heard anything of the sort and I've been in the dental field for several years.





Before you get your teeth pulled, how about having a consultation with an orthodontist to straighten them?
Reply:it can not cause back problems your dentist is right i wiould have them removed as if you get gum disease they will all have to come out and i am sure you dont want that
Reply:it's amazing just how much bulls**t's about!! but hey it's 2007 we got loads of experts and scientific studies, hospitals with excellent technology and so on and so forth and yet there's still so much poop - absolutely unbelievable!!





i brush my teeth about 3 times a week and have had gum disease for most of my life. i got loads of crowns and got a mouthful of amalgam and a few collapsed molars and yet all the times i bin to dentist i've never had back pain





p.s. if you can get floss in between your teeth why then should your dentist say - you need to have some teeth out becasue they are overlapping??





your teeth grow in a way nature intended them to grow. if they do not cause you any problems or pain then why repair what don't need fixing? beware - a lot of dentists just want the work
Reply:No it doesnt .
Reply:no
Reply:never heard of anything like it in my life. Go ahead and have your teeth done good luck!