History: 1. Lost front tooth #9 at age 9 2. Current age 29 Just returned from the periodontist for consultation, options below: 1. Do bone grafting and implant on #9 only but one front tooth will likely be slightly longer than the other due to receding gum. 2. Remove front tooth #8 and perform two implants. Both will match perfectly and since #8 is not as firm as it should be (due to bone loss), this might be a better option. One less tooth to worry about in long run etc...
I inquired about any technique that could fix my receding gum and his response to sum it up was gum grafting will not work because the tooth is fake (not his exact words).
After spending the last two hours researching, I came up with a few "possible" solutions of my own that I am wondering if might work.
- Get a veneer on #8 (the real one) to match #9 (fake); this will cost much less than an additional implant and since incisors only need to match each other, additional veneers will not be necessary...
- Is that statement he made about unable to do gum grafting because the tooth is fake true?
- What about "Pinhole Surgical Technique"? Does this require all teeth to be natural?
Any other suggestions?
Submitted June 13, 2015 at 07:06PM by illmatic33 http://ift.tt/1HESG3W
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