Re: Orphaned baby tooth has abcess - would like some advice

From: NOYB (NOYB_at_NOYB.COM)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:05:31 -0500

"Owner of 27 permanent teeth" <27@com.net> wrote in message
news:UKJTd.14707$x53.14634@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>I am 39 and my remaining baby tooth (which has been dead and turning blue
>for
> the last 20 years) has developed an abcess and will be getting pulled out
> next
> week. There is no permanent tooth behind it. My dentist told me I
> basically
> have 2 options: an implant or a bridge. It seems to me that a bridge
> would be
> the better long term option, as well as a lot cheaper.

Nope and nope. Implants have a better 10-year prognosis than bridges.
Since you're only 39, you'll probably end up replacing that bridge two more
times in your lifetime. The implant may never need replacing. Ergo, the
implant may actually cost less.

> I am unemployed and
> have no insurance. This is a lower tooth that has 4 teeth on its side in
> front (maybe it is the first baby molar?)
>
> One question I have is how long after getting this baby tooth should I
> wait
> before getting a bridge put in? My dentist said that 3 months should go
> by.
> I will be visting Ukraine in a month or so, and figure that I will get a
> bridge put in there, as it seems that the cost of a bridge in the USA is
> about
> $5K, whereas the cost there is about $300, thereby making it worth the
> trip.

A three-unit bridge in the states should cost $2-3k...not $5k. But I'd
sooner pay $5k for a bridge here than $300 for a bridge there.

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