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Hi Doctor Moore,

My brother was involved in a car crash 20 years ago which resulted in him losing his front two teeth and a titanium plate being inserted into the top palette of his mouth. Two front replacement teeth were drilled into the plate by the NHS at that time.

Twenty years later, he is very conscious that his teeth have moved and he now has a large gap between these front two teeth and the teeth on each side of these are crooked, discoloured and overlapping. His bottom teeth could do with some attention also. He does not smoke or have gum disease.

I keep encouraging him to get his teeth sorted but he’s concerned about a few things:
a) How painful or difficult would it be for him to have his teeth reconstructed under these circumstances?
b) The cost – could you give an indication of how much he would need to spend to correct all 4 teeth at the top of his mouth and correct a couple of crooked teeth at the bottom?
c) How long could he expect his teeth to last? He’s worried that, in his words, “once he starts messing”, he’ll have to continually fund replacement of any veneers or false teeth.

Thank you for answering my questions. I think it would transform his life if I could persuade him to take this step.

Kind regards

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i am having a dental plate fitted tomorow, what is a dental plate?

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hi im due to have my tooth taken out at the top on nhs would they fit me a dentle plate in replace for this ?

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hi just wanted to know can i have my teeth whitened if i have a plate or would i be better trying to have a bridge made thanks ,

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Hi, please can you help. I am a 43 year old female and broke my front teeth when I was 8. Since then I had have 2 lots of crowns on my front 4 teeth and although I have looked after them, I have had extensive problems for approx 20 years with frequent abscesses and have had 5 apicetomy’s over the years. I now have another abscess on my front teeth and have been advised that no further apicetomy’s can be performed and I have the options of either a plate, a bridge or implants. I understand the best option would be implants (albeit very costly), and have been advised that most of my gums would be lost, so astechically they will not look as good as they do right now. How can I be sure though, that after having them taken out and having either implants or a bridge, that another infection will not occur, since 5 apicetomy’s have not stopped subsequent infections and that this would affect my implants or bridge and I may be left with just the option of a plate, which I certainly do not want. If infection is likely to occur again (I have also had abscesses lanced inbetween apicetomys, so have had a LOT of infections), would an option be to leave the teeth as they are and take frequent courses of antiobiotics to keep the infection at bay, since I am in no pain and they look very good. I do not want to pay out a lot of money, only for an injection to re-occur and the implants/bridge be affected. Please can you advise?,

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I’ve been told by my dentist that when they take my tooth out at the front that they will have to fit a dental plate, what does this involve and is there other options which last longer,

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I have Periodontal disease in my gums, which causes a lot of plaque to build up in my lower teath. I have a plate with three teeth in my top teeth, that don’t fit right, that has also pushed two teeth to the left and loosened them. I really want to take the rest of my teeth out. What I want to know is, is the plate my only option for both top and bottom because of the disease, or would I have an option of some kind of implants. It is also annoying to know what kind of insurance to go for to cover me for my treatment. Can you give me advice on what would be the best thing to do?,

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only having a couple of upper teeth can you fix a dental plate to the mouth using dental implants and if so how many implants would be required as i hate and cannot use false teeth on a plate that moves int he mouth. Thank you.,

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After having had a dental plate for two front teeth for over ten years I decided to have it replaced on the NHS by my dentist because it had become too loose. I duly had one fitted and six months down the line it has snapped…I was eating a chicken sandwich! As you will appreciate I’m not very happy about this as this treatment, even on the NHS is expensive. Will I have to fork out all over again even though its only lasted such a short amount of time?,

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I lost my 2 top front teeth in an accident 13 years ago at the age of 17, I have wornthe same removeable plate ever since. There are no roots here, nothing, just gum and I wear the plate in and out every day. I do not know what my options are, is it bad to have had the same plate for so many years? Can I get something fixed?- I do not have the option to pay out for anything unfortunately it has to be NHS : (