Re: Problem with long-term temp bridge

On 22 Nov, 03:46, Steven Bornfeld <dentaltwinm...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
danwoo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi my dentist has replaced my three front teeth with a bridge he says
I have to wear for 6-8 months, I've only had it 2 days but already I
hate it. I had a plastic bridge for a few days before that, which was
molded off my old crowns and looked and felt fine, but this new bridge
feels horrible.

First of all the right tooth looks too long and makes my tooth next to
it look short, and they feel really thick and I am having trouble
closing my mouth over them, if i shut my mouth they get trapped
between my lips, I do have an overbit anyway, but my previous teeth
were angled inwards, these seem to be quite protuding, and I am
actually getting quite achey face muscles from tyring to close my
mouth over them.

I had my left front tooth root extracted, with the plastic bridge
there was no probs for two weeks, with this though there is a small
hole which air and saliva comes out of when I talk, I've even had spit
squirt out of it a few times, urgh!

Also even worse, I work as a radio presenter and voice-over artist,
and I have developed a noticeable lisp and problems saying the letter
F (sounds really wet and spitty), I have booked myself back in
urgently to see the dentist tommorrow as I am so self-concious about
speaking that is is massively depressing me and making me not want to
work. I have a big client voice-over session for a new company on
monday and am terrified I will sound and look like this, I met them
today and felt the need to explain about my teeth, as my teeth look
silly and I am talking badly.

Do you think there's anything my dentist can do for me? I see him in
12 hours, should/could/will he take this out and maybe re-fit me with
a plastic one while he makes another, will i be charged, or does it
sound like this has been badly made? I don't even want this in for
another day let along 6-8 months.

If you can explain plainly to your dentist what bothers you about the
bridge as you have here, there is no reason to believe he shouldn't be
able to improve it. I don't know if your requirements are reasonable,
but the fact that you've done well with a previous temporary bridge
seems to indicate you are being reasonable. Furthermore, working out
the bugs in the temporary bridge make it more likely you'll get a
satisfactory result with the permanent bridge.

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I hope so, do you think there's anything he could do today? I know
he'd have to get a new one made, would he maybe pop this one off and
put another plastic one on for a week or two while the other one was
made, or will I have to deal with this til then? Not sure what the
procudure normally is.

Bit concerned as have a big voice-over session for a new very big
client on monday for a tv channel, I don't want to mess it up! My
F's sound really wet and spitty and I am lisping a bit, not good.
.

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