Dental flippers?!
Question: Dental flippers!?
when i was about 12 i lost one of my baby teeth and a wisdom tooth never grew!. now i am 14 years old and i want a dental flipper to "fill in" that space!. the problem is that over the two years the space left from my missing tooth has become smaller and not big enough for a flipper to be put there!. so my question is, is there anything that a dentist could do to expand the space and make it wide enough so a flipper could be placed there!. if that is possible, how much would it cost!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
they should be able to make the tooth to fit the gap!. I payed 200 for mine but that was with insurance!. you may check into having a bridge put in!. That is a permanent solution to your problemWww@Answer-Health@Com
Im a dental technician and I make flippers!. They can be made to fill just about ANY space!. We make REALLY small tiny flippers (tooth size) all the time!. Its also possible that the dentist could have a space maintainer made that he can adjust to slowly push your tooth back over to create more space!. He should have done this to begin with (to hold the space open)!. If nothing is put in that empty space your tooth will continue to shift (drift) in towards your front teeth!.Www@Answer-Health@Com