I want to keep my temporary bridge, what should I do?
Q. i suffer with advanced gum disease and have several teeth missing i wear a lower partial denture which despite 3 new sets has never fitted well my 2 top front teeth have now gone and my dentist fitted a temporary bridge using my own removed teeth he stressed this was a temporary arrangement but i like this bridge and don’t want to go back for the new top partial denture the bridge is apparently putting a lot of pressure on my remaining teeth any ideas on what i should do i am nhs,
A. Your choices are likely to be limited on the NHS. Extractions and dentures would seem likely if your gum disease cannot be controlled. Regards Rob
I am sorry to start my time with you on a negative note.
Just over 12 months ago I was fitted with a partial plate, having lost a front tooth to gum disease. My dentist said that it would be temporary and that I could have a bridge later. As I said, that was over a year ago. I recently went to see her and she told me that I could not have a bridge because the other teeth had gum disease and that the bridge would hold.
You have no idea how distraught that made me feel. I am so miserable and unhappy. She said that I could have implants, which is fine if you have the money to cover it, I do not. I feel now that the gum disease is spreading and that in time I will lose the entire top row of my teeth.
I don’t socialise, I don’t go out with friends like I used to. I would not go out with my husband to celebrate our wedding anniversary. I am so AWARE of this thing in my mouth, I think everyone knows about it and can tell that it’s false. I must cry at some point every week about it. It is getting me down. I cannot see a positive side to having this thing. I just wish that she would have warned me about the sad state that I would enter into and the deep bouts of depression I have felt since having it.
Can anyone out there suggest something that I could do, apart from the obvious, to combat this gum disease. I am truly desperate.
Thank you for reading my tale of woe.
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