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Dental Health (Expert Forum)
Safety of plastics in dental work
Answered by
Jerome Bogin, D.D.S. - Dental
Questions in the Dental Health forum are answered by Dr. Jerome Tsang and Dr. Jerome Bogin. Topics covered include bridges, cavities, crowns, and x-rays.
Safety of plastics in dental work
by aimee, Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM
I have a missing tooth in the front of my mouth - it has been missing since I was ten. I have had a root canal which didn't take and then marilyn (sp ?) bridges since then. The first bridge was done well and lasted ten years, the second one lasted 7 years. When that one came loose I went to a dentist who put in an all porcelean bridge - no metal wings just porcelean. Well it keeps falling out over and over again. I have been returning to this dentist for two years over and over again. He keeps cementing it back in even though one of the wings is cracked and broken. Needless to say I feel like this dentist is not capable of proper dentistry. Well in the meantime I become pregnant and the bridge falls out yet again. I return to the dentist and they convince me to let them do an impression of my mouth (even though the impression material makes me gag and I almost throw up), then they use the impression to make a plastic temporary. When the temporary comes back it doesn't fit properly and of course my dentist makes a lame excuse of why it doesn't fit. To make a long story short; I could go on and on about this awful dentist - I have researched the danger of plastics and BPA and have discovered that not only is this plastic retainer possibly harmful to my unborn child but also the plastic sealants that this same dentist put in my mouth may also be harmful to my baby. There is even evidence that BPA from these sealants may have caused the two miscarriages that I had. What should I do? The tooth that is missing is one of my two front teeth. I can't leave my house for 6 more months without being mortified. I wondering if I should even have these plastic sealants removed also.Please let me know I don't want to do anything that could possibly hurt my baby
Doctor's Answer
by Jerome Bogin, D.D.S. , Apr 05, 2007 12:00AM
, Apr 05, 2007 12:00AM
Member Comments (3)
by mike1105, Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM
i cannot comment on the plastics being harmful. i have read no such literature. what i can tell you is that missing teeth these days are for the most part best and most permanently replaced using implants. these bonded bridges, in my proffessional opinion, do not last, and are weak. i'd see an implant dentist for a consult.
by aimee, Apr 06, 2007 12:00AM
Well hopefully you are right about the plastic. I do plan on getting an implant as soon as the baby is born. Because I have lost so much bone in that area I will need a bone graph and then an implant. Because of everything that is involved with these procedures and because it will take 3 - 6months to heal completely I don't think I will be able to do it while I am pregnant. Thanks for your help, hopefully this is all just pregnancy paranoa and that too will go away in 6 months.
by caro43, Apr 25, 2008 02:49AM
A related discussion, Common practice doesn't always mean safe... was started.
