Bruce had previously had an old dental bridge attached to the upper right canine, retained by a gold post.
The root had fractured and this often compromises the remaining bone. You can see the resulting gap in this dental image.
As is increasingly the case with our cosmetic dentistry patients, Bruce didn’t want to wear a denture but accepted a temporary denture for four months while undergoing treatment.
Tricky dental implant to replace previous bridge
Dr Murphy felt that the challenge in this case was the angle of dental implant placement and how this would be governed by the bone damaged by the root fracture.
“We still managed with a single implant which helps to keep the costs to a reasonable level in a case like this.”
Once the single implant was in place and the area had healed, Dr Murphy fitted a gold abutment to it and then added a two tooth implant bridge on top. This work resulting in the very cosmetically pleasing outcome you can see below.
Bruce was also pleased. He paid £3124 in total for his dental treatment. This included an extraction, temporary acrylic denture, X-rays, titanium implant, gold abutment and the two tooth implant bridge, which had been carefully shaded by our lab to match his existing teeth.
“I was delighted Brendan could do it without touching the teeth on either side as I’d been told that was a real gamble – very happy.”