I've had to have a loose tooth in the bottom row of teeth removed last week.
What are the options for replacing said tooth, please? Would it be a clip on tooth that I can wear when I'm eating or would it be a plate with a single tooth on it? My older sister has a bottom plate and she told me it is very uncomfortable.
On the plus side, I bought a temporary tooth kit and this has worked out very well and looks great. I have to take it out when eating though, but if anything that the dentist can do is going to be virtually the same, I'd rather pay the £4.99 that the temporary tooth kit cost, than shell out £200 for a dentist's option.
do you actually need to replace it? If it's in the front, fair enough; but if it's out of sight you can probably manage without it.
I've got a temporary plate with a single tooth, after having a near-front tooth (on top) removed. It's a pain in the gum, and I have to remove it to eat anyway.
This does all boil down to money and a bit to how important the look of your smile is to you. Implant is the best but most expensive, after that a bridge if the teeth either side are OK. You can get a bridge on NHS but it's still expensive. I paid privately and it was £700 for 1 tooth.
As Prudie says the implant is very expensive - I went down the route of bridging but then that meant two teeth either side of the missing one would have to be drilled - no no not for me either.
To be fair to him, he tried to, but I was so fixed in what my sister had told me that I said that I didn't think it was so noticeable and would think about it.
It wasn't til I got home and looked in the mirror that I saw how close to the front it really was. I made another appointment but it's not until the end of June