Can bridge be done sooner as wearing dentures affects my talking too much?
Q.
hi there. 5 of my front upper teeth are crowns, they have knocked and kicked through sport for years. i’m 40 now and the front right socket in my gum that the spike part used to be stuck back into was fractured and has had to be extracted. my dentist is now going to bridge but has said this will take 6 months to heal. my question is can this be done sooner as I own a pub and find it so difficult talking to customers with this plastic denture in my mouth. sorry for the long winded story. thanks
hi there. 5 of my front upper teeth are crowns, they have knocked and kicked through sport for years. i’m 40 now and the front right socket in my gum that the spike part used to be stuck back into was fractured and has had to be extracted. my dentist is now going to bridge but has said this will take 6 months to heal. my question is can this be done sooner as I own a pub and find it so difficult talking to customers with this plastic denture in my mouth. sorry for the long winded story. thanks
A.
Good questions – there is no reason why a really nice looking temporary bridge can be placed, while you wait for the gum to heal fully, and then place the more long term bridge once sufficient time has passed. You could also consider a dental implant replacement and this should ideally be done quite soon (if not on the same day) after the extraction to help preserve the bone and sfot tissue/gum in the area.
Good questions – there is no reason why a really nice looking temporary bridge can be placed, while you wait for the gum to heal fully, and then place the more long term bridge once sufficient time has passed. You could also consider a dental implant replacement and this should ideally be done quite soon (if not on the same day) after the extraction to help preserve the bone and sfot tissue/gum in the area.
If your dentist is not helping then you could go for a second opinion
Kind regards
Mark
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