My teeth are very crooked, one tooth is almost totally behind another tooth, is it cheaper to have the front ones pulled and replaces with permanent dentures, or to get braces?
2007-01-24 15:25:21 · 18 answers · asked by Keenan G 1 in Health ➔ Dental
Even crooked teeth are more functional than dentures. I would suggest you consider the braces, if it's just your looks you are concerned with. There are other options that you can discuss with your dentist as well. It's quiet possible you may be able to do crown work and prep the teeth into alignment, or a bridge would be a better alternative than that of dentures. Although your teeth are crooked, I'm sure you can still eat, bite into food and taste with no trouble. These are things that denture wearers have trouble with. Age is something to consider also, most younger patients have difficulty adjusting to dentures, whereas the older patients are thankful to have them. I've never had any of my denture wearing patients say they were happy to wear dentures, but all of them say they wish they had taken better care of their teeth. Find another option, there are plenty of alternatives. Seek the advise of your Dentist, he will help you and believe it or not, understand and care. Good luck.
2007-01-24 15:50:08 · answer #1 · answered by HeatherS 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Keenan;
Even though braces may seem like a pain, the benefits long term will outweigh the alternative. People with dentures have a reduced ability to effectively chew food. There are new procedures where they implant into the jaw a base in which they can attach a dental plate. But this is a very involved surgery and very expensive procedure. Unless you also suffer from associated illness in you mouth, almost any dentist will tell you that it is best to keep your teeth. You have only 1 set so take care of them. Remember to brush and floss every day.
2007-01-24 15:48:56 · answer #2 · answered by jpc 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wonder what you mean by permanate dentures. If you are talking implants, they would be more expensive but the braces would still be preferable as everyone has said before me. If you are talking dentures, forget it!!! Take out a loan to get what you need. You also might consider caps on the teeth that are so bad. Get a couple of opinions from a couple of dentists.
2007-01-24 15:45:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know people who love their dentures. Seems the younger generation is for all the fancy dental work. Questions to ask
How long will it last
Are there any guarantees or warranties
on the other side if the teeth are healthy go for braces
2007-01-25 05:20:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i wouldn't recommend pulling a tooth unless you needed to, so i would go with braces. depending on what tooth is really crooked, having it pulled may mess up your bite a lot too. if your teeth are that crooked and crowded there probably wouldn't be enough room to work with to make a normal looking partial denture anyways. good luck. :)
2007-01-24 15:30:04 · answer #5 · answered by c8lin81 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Braces. I don't know the cost difference for sure where you live and who you'd go with but with braces you'd have an amazing smile, and they'd be your teeth! If you decided to extract the teeth and then do implants and then do crowns that would be expensive, plus it wouldn't correct any of the other problems. Braces fix all the alignment, plus they help with oral hygiene, when teeth overlap it makes cleaning in between them difficult and decay is more likely to occur.
2007-01-24 15:30:03 · answer #6 · answered by flutterby 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Never go on the cheap with your teeth. They can never be replaced! Love and cherish every single one of those pearly whites. Fix, fix, fix. Best is to get the braces. It may hurt the pocket book a bit - but in the end you can always smile in the mirror and know what you are looking at is your own precious teeth.
2007-01-24 15:29:15 · answer #7 · answered by Monkey Lips 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Braces can be put on a limited number of natural teeth. They do not need a whole mouthful of teeth to work.
2016-05-24 06:25:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get braces don't get dentures. You need to save your teeth I know people who are in their 80's who are still going to the Dentist.
2007-01-24 15:29:04 · answer #9 · answered by Pamela V 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I can tell you from experience...if your teeth are healthy, and the only problem is they are not straight, do everything in your power to keep them in your head forever...dentures are a real pain in the ****. They will never work as well as your natural teeth, and no matter how bad your teeth may look to you, if they dont hurt...save them.
2007-01-24 15:31:23 · answer #10 · answered by deflepfan67 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋