Archives for June, 2011

Q.
Hi. I\’m 49 and have always looked cleaned my teeth, but I\’ve now lost two upper teeth due to fracturing the roots. This is possibly through gritting my teeth so much, but I also had an RTA in 1995 and had a jaw and neck injury. I had a hard mouth shield made about ten years ago, but I could never sleep with it in and abandoned it after a few weeks. I\’ve recently seen a new dentist who has referred me to an NHS dental hospital as more teeth have fractured and my jaws ache, possibly through joint/disc problems, but he\’s warned me I\’ll probably lose the teeth. All of the teeth are upper and in the end I suppose they\’ll be about four or five need replacing; I\’m praying the front ones, which constantly ache, don\’t have to come out, too. I\’m very upset about losing my teeth and my funds are limited, but could you please give me an indication of the cost of implanting so many teeth and also the time scale from having the initial consultation to completion. Thanks.,