Any Dentists Here? Bridges

[barry1010]

I had a bridge fitted some years ago, upper right.  Daft as it sounds I don't know how many teeth are on this bridge, I think one.

There is now a gap between this false tooth and my gum which is not painful but is difficult to keep clean, it traps food.  My water jet sorts it out.

I have discovered there is a part tooth in my gum where this gap is.  I thought the bridge replaced the missing tooth, so what is this part tooth doing in my gum under my bridge?  I can tap it, but it is very small, protuding just a few millimetres.

Can anyone explain this? 

[webbo3]

Use interdental brushes to clean it and go to a GDP

[barry1010]

I do use interdental brushes, my question is why is there a part tooth under my bridge?

What is a GDP? 

[webbo3]

general dental  practitioner, perhaps the dentist fitting it missed the bit of tooth, I have two bridges with only one tooth on each.

[Prudie]

Maybe your previous tooth was only broken off and they didn't feel the need to remove the root/sub gum level bit but just to fill the gap with  bridge.

I think as time goes by our gums recede so these little gaps appear. I can feel one at the top of my bridge.

[barry1010]

My gums are definitely receding. It's reassuring to know you have similar, Prudie.

 

[tommy39]

barry the part tooth could be working itself out of the gum,mine did,just the body rejecting it