I was wearing a temporary dental bridge on lower 4 front teeth. I swallowed it today. Can this cause an intestinal perforation?

Cost of removing an existing bridge is around $250-500 depending how involved it is. There are couple of ways to removed that false part of the bridge. You can either just cut off the pontic portion of the bridge or you can remove the entire bridge. If you choose to remove the entire bridge,...

Depends on if you want a tooth back in the position of #30 or not? If you want a tooth back then get the new bridge. If you don’t care that you’ll have a gap and your bite will be changingnon the right side, then just get two crowns. Forget about “growing a tooth back” with stem ce...

If you don’t believe your oral conditions needs all the work, seek another opinion with another dentist. If the second dentist ends up saying the same things as your original dentist, then you’ll know that you do need all that extra work. A bridge is a big investment. The teeth that the bri...

After have reviewed your two X-rays, the 15 year old bridge need to be replaced. The two teeth your old bridge sits on are no longer the shape that the bridge was once made to fit them. Decay may have eaten your tooth structure away under the bridge where now there are “gaps” under the bri...

Was this an old bridge or a new bridge that was recently placed? Definitely need a picture of the problem area for us to give you more insightful answer. Taking care of your son is important but taking care of your own mouth is just as important especially when things are falling out of your...

Hi:My suggestion is to have the bite checked on the new bridge.  If the bite is off, it can cause a lot of the similar symptoms you are describing.Best,Dr. Maddahi