I lost my front tooth and I'm so sad

[Anonymous]

I have a front tooth implant and it looks exactly like a real tooth, perhaps even better. I completely understand how you are feeling because I had the same issue. A temporary crown wasn’t great while the gum healed around the post. However, once the implant was in, I haven’t regretted it for a second.

[Anonymous]

It’s a little hard to understand where you are in the replacement process, but it sounds like you need to call Monday and re-evaluate what’s going on. It may be that getting the root pulled and starting the process for an implant will be the best option. Not a dentist so I am just advising you to return to yours.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had a freak accident and lost my front tooth. So the root is still there but I have nothing below the gum line. My dentist put a post (a metal looking tooth and a crown however the crown keeps falling out. I am so depressed. I keep crying. It's such a big gap when the post is out and it looks terrible. I also teach high school so when I talk without the crown I can't say words with the F sound. My dentist thought this would last a year at least. I am trying not to let go of the root to get an implant. I feel like a 5 yr old that cant come to terms with what happened. I also know that people have serious health problems so this is so little but it's the most prominent of my incisors. Any great dentist recs, preferably ones that can perform miracles.

I don’t understand this. You have a removable post and crown?
- dentist

I don't. Sorry if it wasn't clear. The crown keeps falling off. I got it down on Friday and it came loose on saturday. I have been using glue to keep it on but my dentist said it will be a problem if it doesn't stay.

Yeah. Speaking from experience it’s not going to stay. Extract the root and get the implant.
-dentist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you need a new dentist. In a sports accident years ago I lost 4 top front teeth. I have never had one of them come out and often get compliments on my teeth. I ended up getting cosmetic work on my bottom teeth so they’d match these. I don’t have implants - have a bridge and crowns. Look up top cosmetic dentists. It sounds like you’re just at a general dentist.

She doesn’t necessarily need a new dentist. Post and crowns coming out, while not the desired outcome, is not uncommon. It’s great that yours hasn’t but you are merely a sample size of one. Guaranteed every dentist has had this happen more than once.
- dentist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a freak accident and lost my front tooth. So the root is still there but I have nothing below the gum line. My dentist put a post (a metal looking tooth and a crown however the crown keeps falling out. I am so depressed. I keep crying. It's such a big gap when the post is out and it looks terrible. I also teach high school so when I talk without the crown I can't say words with the F sound. My dentist thought this would last a year at least. I am trying not to let go of the root to get an implant. I feel like a 5 yr old that cant come to terms with what happened. I also know that people have serious health problems so this is so little but it's the most prominent of my incisors. Any great dentist recs, preferably ones that can perform miracles.

I'm sorry you are dealing with this. I just got my 2nd? 3rd? replacement crown on a molar I cracked back in September of 2022. My dentist is pretty conservative and did everything methodically/ least intervention first. It's just frustrating and kind of depressing to keep going back. I get it. i hope it resolves for you soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had a freak accident and lost my front tooth. So the root is still there but I have nothing below the gum line. My dentist put a post (a metal looking tooth and a crown however the crown keeps falling out. I am so depressed. I keep crying. It's such a big gap when the post is out and it looks terrible. I also teach high school so when I talk without the crown I can't say words with the F sound. My dentist thought this would last a year at least. I am trying not to let go of the root to get an implant. I feel like a 5 yr old that cant come to terms with what happened. I also know that people have serious health problems so this is so little but it's the most prominent of my incisors. Any great dentist recs, preferably ones that can perform miracles.

I don’t understand this. You have a removable post and crown?
- dentist

I don't. Sorry if it wasn't clear. The crown keeps falling off. I got it down on Friday and it came loose on saturday. I have been using glue to keep it on but my dentist said it will be a problem if it doesn't stay.

*done

[Anonymous]

Thank you all for your response. I truly appreciate it and good to hear from those of you who have implants as well. As someone suggested I will just get the damm implants . And to the dentist that responded with knowledge of the post and crown thank you as well. I will contact a cosmetic dentist tomorrow!

[Anonymous]

I am so sympathetic OP! I have been missing one of my front teeth since childhood. No problem, I have always had a bridge. After so many years of the bridge putting pressure on the next tooth over, the next tooth got crooked and pushed out. My last dentist, who was very much into aesthetics, told me it was best to remove the tooth and put a crown on. He gave me a hard sell and gave me all of 60 seconds to think about it. As he was finishing drilling down the last bit of my previously perfectly healthy tooth, I started to cry. Even though my new 2-tooth bridge looked good, I knew that underneath, I now had a 2-tooth gap in the front. I had bitter resentment and nightmares about losing my teeth for about 10 years. I immediately found a new dentist. As I've gotten older, I now realize that missing some teeth is probably the least of the bodily problems I will encounter. I also had a 2-tooth implant put in that feels almost like my natural teeth.

Just want to send hugs and let you know that I totally understand. Please consider a permanent implant - I think you will feel a lot better.

[Anonymous]

I’m sorry you’re so miserable! I had this happen to my front tooth too. I felt it come loose when I bit into a slice of pizza. This was the result of an impact to the tooth that had occurred 15+ years previously. I had an implant which was quite a long drawn out process (10 months from start to finish) but you can’t tell the difference now and most importantly, I don’t feel any different either.
In my case, I had the tooth extracted and a filler put in for the bone to grow. I was also given an insert to cover the gap, it looked pretty much like a front tooth but I had to take it out when eating.
5 months later, I had the implant put in and continued to use the insert. This is for the bone to have time to grow around the implant to make it strong.
Another five months later, I had a post and crown fitted on to the implant. Good as new!
I should add that the entire process involved coordinating the appointments of two dentists: an Endodontist for the implant work, and my regular dentist for the insert, post and crown etc. I also had to go to a dental lab once for imaging to get the closest possible shade match since this is a front tooth.
Good luck!