Q.
my mother has had surgery 3 years ago for mouth cancer and she wears an orbitrator which is anchored to her remaining 3 teeth which have recently become very loose. She attends regular dental appts and has been advised to have a deep clean to try and save the loose teeth. She has had this treatment before and it was very painful taking about 1 hour. She would like to know if there are alternative ways of saving her teeth or a non painful method of deep cleaning. At the moment she feels by having the cleaning it will loosen the teeh more quickly and she is unsure what would happen if she could not anchor the orbitrator as she is not able to eat or speak without it being in place. She is 81 years of age and never smoked and does not drink. Any advice would be welcome before her appt on 6.3.12 best regards….
my mother has had surgery 3 years ago for mouth cancer and she wears an orbitrator which is anchored to her remaining 3 teeth which have recently become very loose. She attends regular dental appts and has been advised to have a deep clean to try and save the loose teeth. She has had this treatment before and it was very painful taking about 1 hour. She would like to know if there are alternative ways of saving her teeth or a non painful method of deep cleaning. At the moment she feels by having the cleaning it will loosen the teeh more quickly and she is unsure what would happen if she could not anchor the orbitrator as she is not able to eat or speak without it being in place. She is 81 years of age and never smoked and does not drink. Any advice would be welcome before her appt on 6.3.12 best regards….
A.
Hello, sorry to hear about your mum. A possible reason for the hypermobility of these teeth, apart from gum inflammation and a likely reduced bone support, may be the excessive load on them during chewing and the use of this device. As long as the inflammation is kept under control (oral hygiene, regular hygienist maintenance), the hypermobility is likely not to lead to the exfoliation of these teeth. The deep cleaning will need to be made under local anesthesia. She will need to clean these 3 teeth and the device very well (not always easy). I hope this is of help.
Hello, sorry to hear about your mum. A possible reason for the hypermobility of these teeth, apart from gum inflammation and a likely reduced bone support, may be the excessive load on them during chewing and the use of this device. As long as the inflammation is kept under control (oral hygiene, regular hygienist maintenance), the hypermobility is likely not to lead to the exfoliation of these teeth. The deep cleaning will need to be made under local anesthesia. She will need to clean these 3 teeth and the device very well (not always easy). I hope this is of help.
Dr Jose Zurdo
Mall Dental Care
Pall Mall, Manchester, M2 4DU
Web: www.malldental.com Tel: 0161 830 7300
