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johnplayer
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My dentist has fitted me a new single wing maryland bridge. Once cemented it felt that the bite is quite high, the only thing that was meeting when I try to close my mouth is the the wing of the new bridge and one tooth of lower jaw directly below the wing. All other teeth fail to meet together.
The dentist says that this is quite normal and it can take from a couple of weeks to several months for it to adjust itself. I thought I will give it a try for a couple of weeks but now after a couple of weeks I do not see any improvement or even any slight change in bite. It has actually gotten worse as now my jaw is hurting. I can feel my lower jaw move towards left when i try to close my mouth or chew food, therefore I have resorted to eating only soft foods, and try not to close my teeth.
I visited my dentist again to discuss this after waiting for a couple of weeks and he still says that it will adjust and mentioned something called a "Dahl Effect" of inclusion and exclusion. He also mentions that the tooth supporting the wing of the bridge is not very thick and also if he tries to grind the wing to make it the wing thinner then it will fail to support the pontic.
Please give advice if this is normal with new maryland bridges, or how should the bite can be fixed in this scenario if I want to keep my bridge. Shall I wait for months so that my bite will adjust, will that have any affect on my jaw as it has become kind of sore from one side since i had this bridge.
The dentist says that this is quite normal and it can take from a couple of weeks to several months for it to adjust itself. I thought I will give it a try for a couple of weeks but now after a couple of weeks I do not see any improvement or even any slight change in bite. It has actually gotten worse as now my jaw is hurting. I can feel my lower jaw move towards left when i try to close my mouth or chew food, therefore I have resorted to eating only soft foods, and try not to close my teeth.
I visited my dentist again to discuss this after waiting for a couple of weeks and he still says that it will adjust and mentioned something called a "Dahl Effect" of inclusion and exclusion. He also mentions that the tooth supporting the wing of the bridge is not very thick and also if he tries to grind the wing to make it the wing thinner then it will fail to support the pontic.
Please give advice if this is normal with new maryland bridges, or how should the bite can be fixed in this scenario if I want to keep my bridge. Shall I wait for months so that my bite will adjust, will that have any affect on my jaw as it has become kind of sore from one side since i had this bridge.