After making an appointment for dental implants, I was recently told that there wasn't enough space for a dental implant. Now i am being referred back to my orthodontist to create more 'root space' for my lateral teeth. How will this procedure be done? I am already missing 2 of my lateral teeth and I am afraid they will need to pull a tooth out. Will a tooth extraction be necessary since I'm already missing most my front teeth. Also will I still be able to wear my retainer with fake teeth?
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You should go see a dentist and have him/her give you the options available to fix that one tooth. Then you can decide which way you want to go. Without a photo and xrays, it is impossible to give you any kind of answer. I t could be anywhere from extracting the tooth and doing an implant ...
There are several things to understand here, first of all is not so easy to determine if a tooth is ankylosed, with an x ray, so they must had a hard time pulling that tooth out, the other thing is that i do not recommend you should leave a part of the tooth there, if you are looking to place an...
It depends on exactly what you are looking for. It can range anywhere from $10,000 to over $40,000. It depends on a few choices you have to make. Do you want teeth that are all permanently in your mouth? Do you want a denture that is clipped into the implants that you take out...
