Quote Originally Posted by Heretic
I went to Ever Gotesco last night to shop for groceries. Upon arriving home, I was greeted by my nephews for a surprise visit. I had to use my shoulder in bumping the door open since I was carrying two grocery bags. However, there were to kids who were playing inside that I didn't notice earlier. Too late; they bumped on our old, eight-foot solid narra door and it hit me in the mouth so hard that I was KTFO. There was some minor nose-bleeding that I have encountered when I woke up and of course my jaw was hurting like hell. But the worst news was that I found out that I lost my two front teeth!

The nearest dental clinic that I've went to said that they only do tooth replacements by hooking the false teeth up or by bridges. The first option is not possible since my teeth have very small spaces between them. The second option requires drilling of the teeth beside the lost ones in order to anchor the fixtures.

I'm interested with permanent tooth replacement - the ones where they'll screw the teeth to your gums via a titanium implant or stuff like that. Do you know of any clinics/hospitals who do this? Costs?

Thanks!

if you lost your 2 front teeth, bridging it would be the fastest and more pleasing appearance compared to a removable denture

fixed porcelain bridge has 3 categories:
1. porcelain fused to metal - semi precious metal lines the porcelain, the downside of it, there would be a gray hue on the margin of your gums and restored teeth due to the metal w/c is bio incompatible with the gum tissue, however you could opt to use gold lining the porcelain though it would be more expensive.

2. all porcelain crown - no metal lining the porcelain, best aesthetical appearance, no gray hues, downside of this, it cost a lot higher but its worth the price.

3. porcelain hybrid (adoro, soldex, integrated abutment crown) - the porcelain is combined with a resin material and some other material which makes the crown less abrasive, if your opposing teeth is a natural teeth and you bite and or chew a lot, you have a mild teeth grinding, this is more recommended, however if a bruxism or night grinding is severe or advance case, then a mouth guard may be necessary to be worn at night to protect the porcelain crown(including all porcelain and porcelain fused to metal)


if you dont want to harm the adjacent teeth by grinding it and reducing its size to act as the anchor for the missing teeth then a dental implant is more recommended, detal implants has 2 types:
1. mini dental implants - w/c has a limited function and limited extent of usage

2. standard implant - w/c is the gold standard as dental implant is spoken off, the difference with mini is the size of implant used, standard implants are the material i strongly recommend though its would priced a bit higher, but the long term result is guaranteed, you can check out www.bicon.com its one of the material i use, and if you are planning to have a dental implant placed, see a qualified dentist or oral implantologist, not all dentist practises or use standard implants=)