I recently had a bridge made for the top of my mouth

Q. I recently had a bridge made for the top of my mouth, it was an eleven unit bridge supported by 5 teeth. The problem is the bridge has overbite also it is lopsided because my gums have recided on one side. This is the second bridge i have had made because the first had worse overbite and was too big and did not fit my mouth properly.I am now worried that the 5 teeth supporting the bridge (2 front, canine and 2 back teeth) will get too much stress and will have problems. Do you think i would be better just crowning them and going back to what i originally had so if problems did arise the teeth could be worked on. This has been going on 9 months now and i am getting very wary. I just want to go back to what i had, but my dentist says that having crowns on my front teeth wont last i will be better with the bridge, but the bridge is wrong and 11 units held by 5 teeth now seems wrong. Are their any strong porcelain crowns available and what is your opinion on how to proceed. I am pulling my hair out. Thank you

A. It maybe possible to replace the bridge with individual crowns and a chrome denture, however removing the bridge may weaken things further. You could also consider placing implants in the space to hold the missing teeth. this would reduce the stress on the remaining teeth and still provide you with fixed teeth. The final crowns could be made of either a strong porcelain known as Zirconium or porcelain fused to gold for extra strength. At Advance Dental Clinic we deal with this sort of problem on a regular basis. If you require futher assistance please do not hesitate to contact us on 01245 268 494 or by e-mail

Dr Andrew Moore Advance Dental Clinic 104 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JG Web: www.advancedentalclinic.com Tel: 08443 87 87 88 View My Profile Dr Moore

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