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Making a bridge is considered malpractice now. This is what my younger dentist told me. I had an older dentist in the past who recommended a bridge.

Making a titanium implant or just leave it is the best option. Only if you are over 80 years or have some other issues (making it more risky to do the implant operation) should you go the bridge route instead of making an titanium implant.

To make a bridge you have to destroy (grind down into cones) two teeth adjacent to the bad/missing tooth onto which they glue the bridge. Crazy. On top of that you will forever have issues cleaning below the bridge which probably also causes your other good teeth to decay as more food and bacterias are sticking around.




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