Q&A: should I get a tooth implant or a bridge?

by M. Janicki

Answer by Alias_Smith_and_Jones
Depends on your situation.

Answer by whattodo1179
I got a tooth implant about 8 being ago…. it beats the heck out of a bridge…. first of all, you dont have to give up 2 more teeth for it…. like the grinding down on a bridge…. and its mended into your bones…. it looks like a screw at one end and swiss cheese at the other,,,, so you bone can grow thru and around it….. and its 100000 times better, i forget i have one, or even that i got my grill knocked out in high school…. a small expensive, but worth it over your lifetime.

Answer by DR. Raed
Well first of all dental implantology is a relatively new improved science for the comfort of the patients as it overcomes give of the bridges disadvantages like for example bone resorption caused by bridges in the long run , food growth under the bridge and the different types of chronic inflammatory reactions it might produce ,it might produce deterioration of the teeth beside it plus the metal used in bridges might produce some sorta reactions in some patients while with implantology the titanium rodes are seats inside the bone and they have a material covering the metal rodes that enhances the bone deposition mechanism so really it gets more and more flat overtime with absolutely no inflammatory reactions as titanium is an inert material and bileave it or not patients forget that they have implants in their mouth in no time they simply get used to it n u can start treating your implanted teeth just as any other natural ones and sometimes they can be used as a bridge stones for a future prostodontic partial denture , they are more expensive than bridges but u can consider this as a long term investment
excellent luck

Answer by traderbobhn
Implant, if you can afford it.

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Answer by Grandma
I’m not a dentist, though, an implant is really attached permanently into the jawbone and doubtless costs around $ 2500. By fake, I estimate you mean a crown…the dentist drills away part of your original tooth, leaving a “peg” to glue a crown or “fake” tooth to. That usually costs between 6-8 hundred, depending on everywhere you live.

Answer by Kristen S
Technically, an implant IS a fake tooth. An implant is a porcelain crown glued to a titanium screw that has been surgically implanted in the bone. A bridge has a pontic (the fake tooth) and abutments (the crowns on the remaining teeth on either side of the gone tooth). A bridge is all one unit, everything hooked together, so you cannot floss in between it. You have to use a floss threader to go underneath it. An implant is like a separate tooth that you can floss. Hope that helps!

Answer by Helen DDS
Well, an implant is a fake tooth too. I’m going to estimate you mean a bridge.
Implant: Titanium post that fuses with the jaw bone and a crown is place on top of it. Brush it, floss it, eat with it like a regular tooth. Initial costs high, but long term costs low.

Bridge: carves down teeth on either side of a space and crowns each tooth with a fake tooth suspended between.
Brush it , chew with it, needs special flossing. get 10 or so being out of it and then do it again. Risks: Impressed down teeth may need root canals, or worse (I’ve seen this alot), impressed down teeth so hurt that they need to be pulled in the future, so now what? Initial costs less than an implant, but longterm costs higher due to replacements and possible root canals.

Answer by Trinitee
I’m not a dentist, but I know a lot about teeth and dentistry. An implant is really attached permanently into the jawbone.A fake tooth , also renowned as a crown is everywhere the dentist drills away part of your original tooth, leaving a peg to glue a crown or a so called “fake” tooth to it.

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