Having pain under the bridge. The dentist, she took some X-rays: its shows no decay on the tooth but the gum is sore and red. They did deep cleaning and scaling but it still hurts after 3 weeks. Any input on this?
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Hi, the most important thing is how many tooth have the bridge, then we have to evaluate your support teeth to see if don't need root canal or is just a cavity.
It looks like the gum tissue flap blood circulation is compromised and the tissue is getting necrotized ( death of tissue). It is a kind of emergency and, so see your surgeon as early as possible.
Removing
a permanently cemented bridge to attempt a repair is tricky at best. There’s a
real risk of damaging the abutment teeth while trying to remove the bridge. The
fit of a repaired bridge could be questionable as well. I think the best long term
choice here is to cut off the bridge and do a...