15 yrs ago I cracked my front tooth; the dentist extracted the tooth & then shaved down the 2 teeth on either side &created a bridge. My gum is receeding where tooth was extracted AND I'm also starting to see root(?) above my natural teeth on either side of the bridge. 1) Should I replace 3 tooth bridge w/ 1 crown & veneers over the 2 shaved teeth? 2) what can i do about the natural teeth that are showing root near gum line? 3) my natural teeth are now not as white as the 3 fake ones.
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No, Too much time has not gone by. The only issue is that you may have some bone loss where the teeth were removed. This may necessitate some bone grafting procedures either at the time of implant placement or prior to implant placement. This may include sinus lift bone grafts...
One of the reasons your dentist is telling you to hold of is because they probably want to give you at least one functional chewing side on the right, before addressing the left side. Even though you lost your tooth a long time ago, it doesn't necessarily mean you don't have enough bone...
It is very difficult to give you the answer, as many pieces of information is missing including an xray, but here is what comes to my mind :
The tooth next door could have been damaged long ago , perhaps when the tooth next to it ( where you have the implant now ) was diseased and/or was...
