{"id":3539,"date":"2017-10-17T17:15:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T00:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/?p=3539"},"modified":"2017-10-17T17:15:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T00:15:21","slug":"maryland-bridge-not-temporary-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/maryland-bridge-not-temporary-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"A Maryland Bridge is not a temporary restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-post-content\">\n<div class=\"post-left-column\">\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">We thank our advertisers who help fund this site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- MyNewSmile sidebar tall --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 300px; height: 600px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4419877247826466\" data-ad-slot=\"6363395985\"><\/ins><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-right-column\">\n<p>Hello,<br \/>\nI have a 10-year-old son who is planning to undergo removal of his front tooth as a result of a bike accident and two unsuccessful root canals. I would like to know what would be the best options for him post-surgery (flipper vs. Maryland bridge or anything else?). Also, I am concerned about long term health risks involved in the surgery techniques (removal of entire ligament) and potentially toxic materials used. Could you please provide any recommendations and\/or questions I can address to our surgeon? Your advice is greatly appreciated.<br \/>\nJohn from Idaho<\/p>\n<p>John,<br \/>\nI get this from a lot of people&mdash;that their oral surgeon has suggested a Maryland bridge as a temporary restoration to replace a front tooth while waiting for a young person to get old enough to be able to do a dental implant.<\/p>\n<p>For the benefit of others who may be reading this, the reason we don&#8217;t want to do a dental implant on a young person is that their face is still growing and jawbone is continuing to be laid down. Natural teeth move along with the newly grown bone, but a dental implant remains fixed. As the child continues to grow, he or she would then develop a discrepancy between the vertical position of the natural teeth and the position of the implant tooth. So we wait until growth has completed and then place the implant.<\/p>\n<p>But what to do in the meantime?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t fully understand the resistance to giving the patient a removable temporary tooth. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/dental\/dental_flipper.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dental flipper<\/a>, otherwise called a flipper partial, is inexpensive and looks fine. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/flipper.jpg\" alt=\"a flipper partial replacing a single front tooth\" width=\"145\" height=\"143\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1921\" \/> It can be made without clasps, as shown in this picture, or with a couple of metal clips over back teeth. Yes, I suppose the child could lose it, but you could buy several of these flippers for the cost of a Maryland bridge. And there is a strong motivation for the child not to want to be seen without their tooth.<\/p>\n<p>I have to believe that those dentists who suggest using a Maryland bridge as a temporary tooth replacement haven&#8217;t done many Maryland bridges. The main problem with doing a Maryland bridge in this situation is that it probably won&#8217;t stay in unless you do some tooth preparation on the adjacent healthy teeth. And if you are drilling into those teeth, that&#8217;s not what I would call a temporary restoration, because the traces, or scars if you will, will remain there forever.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2419\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Maryland-bridge-preparation.jpg\" alt=\"Maryland bridge preparation\" width=\"208\" height=\"316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Maryland-bridge-preparation.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Maryland-bridge-preparation-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram of a tooth properly prepared as one of the abutments for a Maryland bridge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If the teeth aren&#8217;t prepared, then the bridge probably won&#8217;t stay on for long. If it actually <em>does<\/em> stay on, you have an added complication in the difficulty in removing it without damaging those supporting teeth.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/marylandbridge.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland bridge is metal<\/a>, the flipper will be more esthetic. The metal wings of the bridge are bonded to the backs of the adjacent teeth, which will darken them.<\/p>\n<p>About your other question on the other risks of the surgery, I don&#8217;t understand the question. When a tooth is removed, usually the entire periodontal ligament comes with it. If it doesn&#8217;t, your body will resorb it, so I don&#8217;t understand what the issue is. And there are no toxic materials used in an extraction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Dr. Hall<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a comment or a question or anything else to add? We&#8217;d love to hear from you. Enter your comment below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: currentColor; width: 450px; height: 80px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mynewsmile.com&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/askdr.htm\">ask Dr. Hall<\/a> a question of your own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We thank our advertisers who help fund this site. Hello, I have a 10-year-old son who is planning to undergo removal of his front tooth as a result of a bike accident and two unsuccessful root canals. 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