Are Dental Implants and Bridges a Waste of Money? An Honest Look
If you've spent thousands on your teeth and the problems keep coming back, it's fair to wonder whether any of it is worth it. Maybe you got a bridge a few years ago, and now the tooth underneath is breaking. Maybe you've been watching videos of failed implants and thinking, "why would I sign up for that?" That frustration is real. But before you write off dental bridges and implants as a money pit, it helps to know why they fail, when they don't, and what usually goes wrong first. Why your bridge might be failing Here's something a lot of people don't hear before they get one: to hold a bridge, the dentist grinds down the two healthy teeth on either side of the gap. Those teeth then carry the missing tooth's job on top of their own. The number one way bridges fail is decay starting under the crowns. You can't see it. You can't feel it. By the time something hurts, it's usually been going on for a while. So if the tooth under your brid...