rdailey,

Is the last anchor tooth a wisdom tooth?? Meaning you had your second molar tooth #18 removed?
Or did you have your wisdom tooth removed at some point and then tooth #19 removed?

Bryanna

No it is not a wisdom tooth, those were all removed long ago.

Rdailey,

The reason I asked about where the bridge was is because when a bridge is placed on the lower arch and a wisdom tooth is the back anchor tooth... sometimes the angulation of the bridge is odd and this could cause a squishy or sensitive sensation when you bite down.

Okay, so the bridge is replacing the first molar tooth #19. This should be a relatively straight forward bridge to prep for providing both existing teeth have enough tooth structure above the gum line to prep for crowns. If either of these teeth have tilted in toward the open space, then that could make the prep a little complicated.

One way to tell if this bridge was too snug against the gum tissue is when the bridge is removed there would be a dark red indentation in that area of gum where the pontic (fake crown) was digging into the gum. So ask to see the area with a mirror when the bridge is removed.

Hopefully the re prep will be minimal and the new bridge will fit perfectly.

Keep us posted...
Bryanna

Thanks Bryanna, unfortunately I am a pansy and will will be under the influence of a drug to make me unaware and so probably will not have the ability to ask about the gums. LOL. But I am hoping they will do the right thing and I will come out OK. Thanks for your opinion, it makes me feel much better.

Bryanna, still have not solved the squishy or spongy feel since I had my bridge installed on the lower left. However, I just realized that the bridge tooth is directly below another bridge tooth on the upper left. Is it possible that when food is bitten between two bridge teeth that it might give that spongy feeling? I go back tomorrow and I have a feeling he will want to replace the bridge completely and I don't want to do that if the above possibility exists. Thanks

Hi rdailey,

I doubt that is the problem. Spongy or squishy means saliva is getting in someplace. What did the dentist say today?

Bryanna

Once he realized that the two bridge teeth were meeting when chewing, he said he agreed that it was probably the problem. He said that all my life I have always had a bridge tooth coming down onto a tooth that was still there and alive, and that food being chewed by a bridge tooth on top and one on the bottom would, or could, give the feeling of sponginess due to their natural give when chewing. Everything else looks very good, the bridge itself, the gums, and so rather than have them do a new bridge and risk damaging one of the anchor teeth, I decided to just try to get used to it. There is no pain and no loss of taste. Very strange but the only thing different is that now those two teeth are both bridge teeth and before the bottom one was real. Thanks.