My wisdom teeth have been pulled out
Q. 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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In general implants are far more successful than bridges provided the bone is in sufficient quantity and the gums are in good health ( and you not a smoker, or have uncontroled diabetes etc). If you are a good candidate for implants I would advise you take this route rather than bridges but I cannot be definite about this as I have not examined your mouth.
Thanks for your reply Doctor. This is the route I have chosen as well, the implant is now screwed in my jaw and waiting to be colonized by the bone. My dentist mentioned that he was able to get a slight sinus anchorage for it, and it seems that this would be the recommended procedure for implants below sinuses. However, I read elsewhere that this piercing the sinus bone should be carefully avoided, as this can cause serious trauma. What’s your idea on this? Thanks!
hi there , i recently had my tongue pierced at a professional body art exbihtion , it swelled a little but after one week it was ok , but every morning and night when i brush my teeth my tongue become itchy , red and awfulyl sore it almost as if the toothpaste irritates my tongue do you no what i can do about this ?
Remove your piercing!
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