Problem teeth and Bridges

confuseddotcom

(Once again am un-sure quite how to post without sounding like I’m seeking a medical opinion which is against the rules I think.) But anyways am basically here just looking for feed-back from any-one that had any bad/sore experiences with bridged Teeth. I have lower teeth which are in bridges and according to my Dentist himself, they are altogether “finished with” and should last for the next 9/10 years, as he put it. Now while I’m aware my teeth are ultra ultra sensitive and exceptionally weak anyway, I wasn’t expecting to almost feel like passing out Friday with the pain in two of them which I’m putting down to the weather elements being exposed to such a dramatic drop in the cold air. The pain in them is in-describable and un-bearable. Trying to sleep with tooth-ache is not a pleasant experience either. Pain-killers seemed to work in the first instance but not so much the second-time round. Yesterday I took Anti-biotics which helped a fair bit but didn’t help with the gums areas around those two teeth which with simple mouth movement or touch, are in absolute agony. I’m going to have to now wait until Monday -tomorrow for Dentist, but am rather worried as to what is on the cards for these two teeth now..... Would like to get an idea or if any-one has been in a similar situation; - of what options I’ll be presented with or possibilities/steps I may end up having to take if I can’t hold onto the teeth any longer even where bridge-work has been done on them, but are proving troublesome now like at the moment ......

I do recall going back to Dentist before with sore teeth and after checking them / x-ray or whatever he did, he just filled me a prescription saying it was just sensitivity and the pain went away when I took the prescription.

fifofum

Worstcase scenario is that you need root canal treatment. Something like 20% of crowned teeth over a 10year period do. It is possible, albeit more difficult(you might opt to see a specialist endodontist), to have root treatment through a crowned tooth.
Equally, if your gums are in poor condition& teeth generally v sensitive, the nerve pain may be related to the gum recession/root exposure from past/current periodontal disease. (It's vital to clean bridges twice daily, with Oral B Superfloss, or TePe brushes)
These are only possibilities, let us know what the diagnosis is tomorrow after your clinical examination.

ballsymchugh

if you need a prescription for an antibiotic, that would imply you have an infection. with dental infections, they only go away after proper treatment. the antibiotics don't clear it up completely.
ie with gum disease you need to improve hygiene etc or with an infected nerve you need a root filling.
be sure to ask why exactly you're getting an antibiotic.

Nelsonn

A bridge, also known as a fixed partial denture, is a dental restoration used to replace a missing tooth by joining permanently to adjacent teeth or dental implants. A bridge is fabricated by reducing the teeth on either side of the missing tooth or teeth by a preparation pattern determined by the location of the teeth and by the material from which the bridge is fabricated. In other words, the abutment teeth are reduced in size to accommodate the material to be used to restore the size and shape of the original teeth in a correct alignment and contact with the opposing teeth. A dental bridge is a false tooth or teeth, known as a pontic, which is fused between two porcelain crowns to fill in the area left by a missing tooth or teeth. The two crowns holding it in place that are attached onto your teeth on each side of the false tooth. This is known as a fixed bridge. This procedure is used to replace one or more missing teeth. Fixed bridges cannot be taken out of your mouth as you might do with removable partial dentures.
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