{"id":18,"date":"2007-04-02T23:47:17","date_gmt":"2007-04-03T06:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mynewsmile.com\/blog\/?p=18"},"modified":"2007-04-02T23:47:17","modified_gmt":"2007-04-03T06:47:17","slug":"18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/18\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do if I can’t have a dental implant."},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, and thanks for letting me ask a question. I was in an auto accident – hit head-on by a drunk driver. This required many surgeries, and one of my teeth sustained a spiral crack that extends up through the root. It is a front top tooth, third from the center. They tried to repair it with an “apicoectomy<\/a>” but the crack was too extensive – about 10 years ago. While having all of the surgeries, they discovered that I also have had sarcoidosis at some time, which is inactive now and has never been symptomatic. Now this tooth is getting quite painful, and I need to determine what to do – I understand that if you have sarcoidosis, you can’t be a candidate for dental implants. I am an author, and frequently have to travel to conferences to give speeches – so my smile is important. What can be done if I can’t have a dental implant<\/a>?
\nThanks,
\nAmanda in Tennessee<\/p>\n

Dear Amanda,
\nA dental bridge<\/a> works very well for replacing front teeth. A crown is done on the tooth on either side, and the false tooth is suspended between them.<\/p>\n

And if the appearance of your front teeth is important, then be sure you go to an expert cosmetic dentist<\/a> such as we recommend. Dental bridges can be done so that they create the illusion that there is no false tooth there, but it takes quite a bit of aesthetic sensitivity for a dentist and a laboratory technician to create this illusion.<\/p>\n

Dr. Hall<\/p>\n

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