Do I have any other options for my milk tooth rather than just wait for it to fall out?
Q. I have a milk tooth on the front right side of my mouth (second tooth in if counting back from the middle of the front two teeth). Since becoming pregnant this tooth has become very wobbly. I have visited a cosmetic dentist who I felt comfortable with but wanted to guage a second opinion. He has advised removing the tooth and fitting a maryland bridge on using the adjacent two teeth to support then waiting six months and assessing whether to go ahead with a dental implant. There is no bone holding that particular tooth in place. I am nervous about having the adjacent perfectly healthy teeth ground down to support the bridge, especially if I am likely to have a dental implant in ix months time leaving this work unecassary, Do I have any other options – rather than just wait for the tooth to fall out? Many thanks.
A. Hi many thanks for your email. my advice would be to have the tooth removed but have the maryland bridge placed in the area but only hang it off one tooth. also the tooth does not need to be prepared, granted it might feel proud when you bite together but as this is only a tempoarary situation my advice would be to live with it being proud until your final plan of action is decided. alternatively you could have a temporary denture made during the waiting period the disadvantage of this would be it is removable whereas the bridge would be fixed. hope this is helpful.
Dr Kailesh Solanki
Kissdental
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