[Lullo]

PLEASE can anyone urgently advise me? I am absoloutely frantic - In the lower right hand side of my mouth, I have a 3-tooth bridge, which has been in place for approx. 4 years. Three years ago, I had terrible pain from the tooth holding the "frontal" part of the bridge - the tooth was abcessed, and the dentist drilled through that part of the bridge, to do root-canal treatment, etc. All eventually settled down - however, over the past few years the gum has shrunk quite dramatically, exposing some of the old tooth underneath the bridge.

Last night, the unthinkable happened - I felt a "crunching" sensation underneath that part of the bridge - I gently felt it with my finger - and it appears/feels like that the old tooth left underneath the front of the bridge, has broken out of its socket ! But as the bridge is well secured to the rear tooth, the bridge is still holding.

I am not in any pain, but my gum area around there feels sore. I phoned up the local Emergency dentistry service (we live in the North west) and explained what had happened, but I was amazed - and pretty disgusted - to be told that the Emergency Dentists are all fully booked up right over the weekend. I was advised to buy Corodsyl, eat only soft food, gently brush my teeth then swill regularly with corodsyl to hopefully keep infection at bay. I was advised that I should then phone my Dentists surgery on Monday (I have an appointment anyway next Wednesday) and warn the dentist in advance what has happened.

Please - does anyone know whether if this now means I will loose the whole of the 3-tooth bridge unit? I am gutted - I have battled for many many years to retain my own teeth - I have endured approx. 8 apecectomy's etc., and II have a horror of actual loose "false teeth".

Is there any hope for this (what appears to be) fractured tooth? Can it be repaired?

Many thanks - I hope someone can reply please.
kind regards
Lullo