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MollyMc
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- Apr 18, 2020
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- Gloucestershire
I've had an absolute nightmare with my teeth this year. I cracked a very visible premolar last Christmas through clenching at night ?.
My nhs dentist tried a sort of composite bridge at first, to fill the gap. It was painful throughout the first lockdown (probably because I was still clenching on it), and eventually had to be removed.
He then made me a Maryland bridge, which lasted approximately one month before it fell out (just before Christmas). Again, he suspects that I ground it off with night time clenching. He booked me in to re-attach it on January 5th, but I've just realised I've lost it ?
Obviously I will just have to pay for a new one (?). This is a nightmare- I will eventually be around £900 down and may still be in pain. The actual anchoring tooth is quite tender, and I suspect also takes a lot of punishment from my clenching.
What is the best way of replacing a tooth in these circumstances? Would an implant fail?
is a partial denture my best option? I hope not!
My nhs dentist tried a sort of composite bridge at first, to fill the gap. It was painful throughout the first lockdown (probably because I was still clenching on it), and eventually had to be removed.
He then made me a Maryland bridge, which lasted approximately one month before it fell out (just before Christmas). Again, he suspects that I ground it off with night time clenching. He booked me in to re-attach it on January 5th, but I've just realised I've lost it ?
Obviously I will just have to pay for a new one (?). This is a nightmare- I will eventually be around £900 down and may still be in pain. The actual anchoring tooth is quite tender, and I suspect also takes a lot of punishment from my clenching.
What is the best way of replacing a tooth in these circumstances? Would an implant fail?
is a partial denture my best option? I hope not!