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Question:
I had the two teeth on either side of my top front teeth pulled as a child. My dentist said my mouth wasn't large enough for all my teeth. When I was in college I had a half-bridge made for both sides of my mouth, and had been very happy for the last 25 years.

Recently the bridge on the right side of my mouth became loose and it fell out. The eye tooth supporting the bridge was rotten and needs to be extracted. Now I will be missing two teeth on the right. My dentist wants to then use the front tooth and the fourth tooth back to support the new four-tooth bridge.

My question is I already have crowns on both of these teeth. Can these crown (15 years) old be easily removed and new ones put on that will support the bridge??? I am only 45 years and in a terrible state of mind over this. ...Visitor from NE

Answer:
Yes, it sounds logical. Plus you have to remember that anything over 15 years of age needs to usually be replaced anyways. You may also want to consider implants so you can have more natural looking and feeling teeth.

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