My bridge is loose is there something that can be done to retighten it

Q. Hi, I recently had treatment in thailand – i live here- and had poor fitting crowns and bridges put on and taken off. rather than temp cement i think normal light cured cement was used but with film of vaseline applied to the teeth first. one two piece bridge was cemented yo one anchor – no tooth on other side of bridge unit for additional anchorage. The crowns and bridges are still appalling but in the many times the 2 piece bridge was hammered off one aoccassion it was so hard to get off I had to stop the dentist becvause he lterally loosened it in its socket. Almost extraction by hammering!!! The tooth is still bridged and still loose. can you tell me what to expect, what the real result of this bad denistry is/will be, and what I need to do to allow it to re-tighten…. assuming there is something that can be done and it can re-tighten. Your help would be greatly appreciated as apart from the language difficulties here, I also face dismissal, and basically large helpings of BS! from the dentists here.

A. Hi many thanks for your enquiry, i feel that the job which was done for you has been bad from word go. the problem is that if the bridge is loose because the underlying tooth is loose you may have to accept the fact that the bridge is failing and you may lose the tooth. and therefore be left with a gap. all i can say is try to find a dentist in the area which is trustworthy and that will give you his or hers honest opinion. hope this is helpful.

Dr Kailesh Solanki
Kissdental

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