I fell and knocked my teeth out ive had infection and bone loss

Q. When I was young I fell and knocked my 2 front teeth as a result I had an operation and the root of one of the teeth was removed. A few years later I has the tooth crowned and not long after I got an infection in the roof of my mouth. An x-ray showed that this infection was going right from the crown up into the palet of my mouth, the specialist told me I need ot have an operation to remove the infection but I have had bone removed during my first operation which I was not aware of and there is a 50/50 chance I could lose the tooth during or not longer after the operation. What would be my best option if I do lose the tooth? Would a dental implant be suitable? And whatever the necessary treatment can you give me an idea of the price I would be looking at?

 

A. If I understand it correctly you have one tooth completely missing and one root just about surviving.

The points I notice here are the past history of trauma, infection and surgical bone removal. It is probable that the lifetime chances of the remaining tooth surviving are risky.

An implant will need some healthy bone to anchor it and the past trauma/infection/surgery will have reduced the available bone. You would need to check this out with a thorough clinical exam maybe a CT jaw scan. One implant costs around £2000 -2500 including the crown on top ( You will be able to find a range of practices within this bracket and this figure is from start to finish ) One implant carrying two crowns around £3000-3500 two implants with single crowns £4000-5000. If you don’t have enough bone, you may need a bone graft which has a very variable cost. Bridges, Adhesive bridges, & dentures would be among the alternatives

I hope this helps

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