Any dentist out there able to advise re "false" tooth?

Question

I lost my molars when I had my kids and am now thinking of replacing two but my dentist says I have too little bone to do the new screw in replacement teeth and has shown me a plaque that looks like something my grandmother used to use. Has there been no advancement in technology in this field

Answer 1

Ask for a referral to an implant specialist. You could have bone grafts possibly using artificial bone (not bovine)This would be expensive but it's a perminant solution. There is also bridge work or precision attached work. There are hopefully lots of solutions to your problem rather than a denture.
Good Luck

Answer 2

It can depend on why you lost your teeth in the first place and the state of your current teeth as to what the best solution is.

Replacements for lost posterior teeth do include such things as implants or cantliver bridges.

If however as it sounds the dentist has already assessed your suitability for implants I would suspect that he has also looked at the possible of bridgework.

A well made partial denture is usually the best option for missing molars. It is the cheapest and the easiest option with the highest long term success rate.

Advanced techology is more likely to break down in a complicated manner.

Your dentist is the only one here who has seen exactly what your dentition and occlusion is and therefore can give the best treatment options to you.

Answer 3

You could try for a bridge, but if you've got bone loss this probably wont work as you need a sufficient amount of healthy bone surrounding the opposing teeth for the bridge to attach to.
Dentures these days are great and look very natural, there is a new denture on the market, it's called a flexi denture and is made of very soft acrylic material, it's not huge and bulky and wont fill the whole of your palate, and if you do drop them they wont break.

Answer 4

The only thing I can suggest is to talk to this dentist (or get a second opinion) about bovine bone implants. I had that. I had 2 teeth replaced. The dentist implanted cow (bovine) bone into my extraction sites when he pulled the teeth. Once it healed and the bone graft had taken, I had tooth implants. I love them.

Moooooooooooo.......

(just kidding)

Answer 5

Ask your dentist about a cantalever bridge. With coventional bridges "false teeth are conected to either side of a missing tooth. Cantalever bridges connecet to only one side or the "lever" effect. So the two pre-molars can extend-out to support two fake molars.