Hello
My mother is 92 and her dentist says she should extract a tooth that is leaning against her 3 unit bridge. This tooth does not bother my mother. She switched toothbrush heads on her Oral B electric toothbrush and it has irritated the gum around it. She is really having an issue about this and I do not blame her. The dentist says she will need to take a tooth from her bridge as well and then make her a new bridge. If the tooth is not infected should she do this? If there was an infection shouldn't she have been given antibiotics?
Thank you for your time
My mother is 92 and her dentist says she should extract a tooth that is leaning against her 3 unit bridge. This tooth does not bother my mother. She switched toothbrush heads on her Oral B electric toothbrush and it has irritated the gum around it. She is really having an issue about this and I do not blame her. The dentist says she will need to take a tooth from her bridge as well and then make her a new bridge. If the tooth is not infected should she do this? If there was an infection shouldn't she have been given antibiotics?
Thank you for your time