I had about nine teeth pulled due to an infection and have partial dentures. I hate them. I can't taste anything or talk with them in and have difficulty eating with them. I would like to save for implants but I was told that the studs have to be implanted as soon as the tooth was removed or it would not be possible. Is this true? Am I doomed to have dentures for the rest of my life?
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If the tooth is cracked and you have a 9 mm pocket, the the tooth has a poor prognosis
it is better to extract the tooth and bone graft the site to prevent
further bone loss. This will prepare the site for future dental
implant.
Usually after the first root canal failure the re-treatments do not have the same success rate as the first treatment. Having three trials to treat the tooth and still failing that make the success rate next time even less and more bone loss that might complicate the Implant placement. Better...
I can see from the picture that the Canine is not the only issue as you have crowding in other areas as well. Sacrificing any canine is a big decision and rarely advised to do so. Canines are one of the corner stones in the mouth. In sever crowding cases we can sacrifice the...