My dentist did a three tooth bridge over the two implants upper right in mouth. The bone loss is between the two implants. It started out being sore in the whole area above the bridge. Also had a sinus lift with the implants. Dr says sinuses look fine, wants me to go to root canal specialist and have #6 tooth checked out. It's only two years, I feel it's crazy there's bone loss. It's hard to floss and would that be a factor? Thank you!!
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There is a combination of techniques to restore cases like this, you have a high lip smile, and this makes a complex case, but not imposible,this could be the moment for a complete smilemakeover and you will love your smile,a good diagnose and smile analyisis needs to be done.
Hi, Dee. It sounds like you have a chronically infected tooth. Obviously, the root canal option has been exhausted and the tooth must be extracted. I would suggest extraction and placement of bone preservation graft and let heal while you are finishing your invisalign. After the invisalign,...