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Hi Dr Caplan, My wisdom teeth have been pulled out (1, 16, 32 and 17 I guess). I had to get number 14 taken out after having it crowned and infected under the crown. Today I had a root canal on number 15, and number 13 has already been repaired and apparently presents another deep infection, according to my dentist. I am considering 2 options to replace missing 14, either the bridge or the implant. 15 is now “gutted”, and 13 not looking too pretty. My dentist recommends the bridge. However, I know that I am going to be losing jaw bone underneath the bridge, since it will not be stimulated by any kind of (prostetic) root. My question is: what would you recommend in my case? In case of a bridge, how heavy of a bone loss can be expected over, say, 10 years, and how long until I would have to have the bride removed and replaced with implants. I am 30 years old, rarely smoke and am in good shape. Thank you for your answer Dr. Caplan.

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I only have half wisdom tooth that grew the other half still under skin ive never had any problems till now its all sore and swollen its affecting my eating i olso have just developed a swollen gland aswell any ideas thanks