I had a bridge and lost one of the teeth that anchored it, leaving me with a two-tooth gap.
In addition, this is on top where I do not have enough bone available to get an implant. I've been coping with my two-tooth gap for several years now and I don't feel it impacts my chewing that much. I do have the rearmost tooth left on that side (the "lone ranger") that seems to do OK. Both my periodontist/implant specialist and general dentist are pushing me to get a bridge and I think I'm finally going to give in after a year of putting it off.
Complicating matters (it's always something, huh?) my single-tooth implant on the other side has been on and off painful on the facial side below the tooth for a couple of weeks. An infection in the lower jaw bone where the implant is? Is the implant on my "good" side now going to fail?
