up2you2 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Following an extraction a year ago, I am now thinking of having three crowns and a bridge. Certainly not cheap, but at these prices I don't wish to cut corners to create further additional problems at a later date. So please what are the merits of the different materials and compositions, and is there a so called sweet spot that addresses all of these issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Is there a reason not to have implants? Are you talking a three three tooth bridge or 3 crowns plus a bridge for recent extraction? Bridge is normally not too expensive but requires solid support teeth and any future work on those teeth will likely require a new bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up2you2 Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 5 hours ago, lopburi3 said: Is there a reason not to have implants? Are you talking a three three tooth bridge or 3 crowns plus a bridge for recent extraction? Bridge is normally not too expensive but requires solid support teeth and any future work on those teeth will likely require a new bridge. Cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 5 minutes ago, up2you2 said: Cost. In that case a bridge should be cost effective. There are anchors for the bridge? It is to replace 3 adjacent teeth? Not clear from post as you said 3 crowns (which are put on current teeth and quite expensive and may require RCT and post) and are indeed made of different materials, or if you just mean a 3 tooth bridge (which would require good teeth to anchor). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisH Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Bridges require shaving down adjacent teeth to accomodate the bridge. My concern is with adequately keeping a bridge clean - I alost lost a tooth as decay got under a crown. While an implant is more expensive, the outcome is more predictable - and cleaning around an implant is easy and the adjacent teeth dont require modification. I will be getting an implant in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up2you2 Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 20 hours ago, lopburi3 said: In that case a bridge should be cost effective. There are anchors for the bridge? It is to replace 3 adjacent teeth? Not clear from post as you said 3 crowns (which are put on current teeth and quite expensive and may require RCT and post) and are indeed made of different materials, or if you just mean a 3 tooth bridge (which would require good teeth to anchor). There are anchors for the bridge. Nobody it seems is coming back on the merits of the different materials that are used, for making these crowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up2you2 Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 19 hours ago, DavisH said: Bridges require shaving down adjacent teeth to accomodate the bridge. My concern is with adequately keeping a bridge clean - I alost lost a tooth as decay got under a crown. While an implant is more expensive, the outcome is more predictable - and cleaning around an implant is easy and the adjacent teeth dont require modification. I will be getting an implant in March. As you seemed to have made a decision to go down the implant route, I wonder how much they have quoted you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baansgr Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Go to PI....here I was quoted just over 100k for 4 tooth bridge, had it done in Angeles city for under 15k...amazing Thailand, amazing prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 12 minutes ago, baansgr said: Go to PI....here I was quoted just over 100k for 4 tooth bridge, had it done in Angeles city for under 15k...amazing Thailand, amazing prices That seems a very high price quote unless for high grade gold and suspect what you received in Angeles was not the same material. Dental work here is not cheap - but also not that expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallen52 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 21 hours ago, up2you2 said: Cost. Plus about 6 months. 40,000 each, providing the bone is suitable. If not, a bone grafting is required. Crowns around 7,000 each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baansgr Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 8 minutes ago, lopburi3 said: That seems a very high price quote unless for high grade gold and suspect what you received in Angeles was not the same material. Dental work here is not cheap - but also not that expensive. 22,500 a tooth, then the add ons and after visits, thats what I was quoted in Patraya....yes probably AC used different materials but its a massive difference. I find the dental care there far superior to here, they actually want to save your teeth rather than extraction and implant as seems the norm in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spornb Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 To start the op need to give more information like age, and is cost important or irrelevant My father was a highly qualified dental surgeon Recently a bridge of four teeth on the front of my lower jaw collapsed And to repair all this I was talking 80.000 to 200,000 bhat My wife and I chose to do nothing, with an unlimited budget I would have done implants, I am 75 6 mths on few notice, and when eating spagetty i just use scissors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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