Re: Should I try to have my bridge removed & reglued?

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> I appreciate any advice and/or experiences this group has to offer.
> Thanks.
>

My advice is to forget trying to re-use the bridge and go with the good
advice of getting implants and 6 new crowns.

I can picture your jaw very well, and will wager that the two front teeth
are positioned slightly forward of the two cuspid anchors and when you bite
on the front, the forces try to tip off the bridge from he cuspids. This
loosed one side already (probably you have some decay there now. The other
side was traumatized by this activity and required root canal therapy. Very
good chance you will break off the entire tooth trying to tap it off at this
point.

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Amatus

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"pdurant" <pdurant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a top front bridge spanning from eye tooth to eye tooth - 6
> teeth, with 1 anchor tooth on the right side and two anchor teeth on
> the left side holding 3 replacement teeth in the middle. I noticed for
> the last week or so, that the bridge feels funny on the side with just
> 1 real tooth and believed the brige had come loose on that side - which
> my dentist confirmed today.
>
> I'm 57 years old and have had a bridge since my mid-20's - this bridge
> is the second one and is about 12 years old. Several times during the
> "life" of the first bridge, it came loose on one side, and my former
> dentists tapped it off and re-glued it. I "thought" that was what was
> going to happen today.
>
> At first, my dentist (whom I have been going to since shortly after I
> got this bridge) told me it wouldn't be possible to salvage the bridge.
> When I asked him about removing and re-glueing it (remembering this
> from the past), he told me that because one tooth (next to the eye
> tooth on the left side of the bridge) had a root canal done about 18
> months ago, it is possible that the tooth will break off if he tries to
> tap-off the bridge. He said he prefers to cut the bridge off and then
> start anew or have me get 3 implants (and, one assumes, 3 new crowns).
> He said he would try to remove and reglue it if I want him to.
>
> He's letting me make the decision which I feel ill-equipped to do. On
> one hand, if we can save the bridge, it is a lot less money, time,
> trouble, etc.... OTOH, if he tries to remove it and my root canal tooth
> pulls out or breaks off, I'll be in worse shape than if I tell him to
> cut the bridge off.
>
> I tentatively told his office that I want him to try to remove and
> reglue the bridge and they set up my next appointment for 11/16 - two
> weeks from now. Should I try to loosen the other side of the bridge by
> chewing, or pulling, wiggling it, etc during the next two weeks? Am I
> foolish to try to avoid having the bridge cut off....or do you think
> there is a good chance of success?
>
> I appreciate any advice and/or experiences this group has to offer.
> Thanks.
>


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