Emergency Dental Case

Saturday morning when i reached clinic was about 9.10am, i received a phone call from the young man. He claimed that he lost his denture when he was drunk. He wants to get a denture "as soon as possible". Well, when i asked him how "soon" is that? He said he need to fly off on Monday morning, so of cause he needs the denture on Saturday. Oh well, we can get something done for him but is not denture. The Dentures typically take 1 week to make. Quickly, he came over to our clinic at about 12pm.

The picture above show that he has a missing tooth.

Closer examindation reveals that the space is not quite sufficient for a central incisor.

Judicious trimming was done on both adjacent teeth. We built a composite bridge for him on the spot.

The composite tooth was held in place by a metal wire at the back. All done in 1 hour. The patient was ready to fly off for his meeting. He'll be returning for his denture and implant surgery.