Hello, I'm 37 years old. I had all upper teeth extracted after over 100k spent on my mouth in the 30 years. Just finally got my temporary (healing) 6 implant bridge after 10 months of bone grafting and dentures. It's day 3 after getting bridge. My upper lip is long. Why is this? I'm afraid it's going to age me. What needs to be done in order to get my upper lip back. Is this common? Thank you so much for answers. Mary
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