False Teeth

Thanks for all the information...has been a great help. Oh...best get saving

If the tooth is loose I don't think you would be able to have it crowned. It depends how much you want to spend. I lost a front tooth when i was 14 and spent many years with a small palate and one tooth on it. I then had a bridge fitted which used the two teeth on either side with a false one in the middle but no palate. That was fine for many years but 3 years ago I was told that the underlying root of one was broken and to cut a long story short I had a lot of problems going on which was going to mean I had to have a lot of teeth removed so the only option was a full plate. I opted to go to a private dentist (recommended by my very good NHS one) to discuss implants. It ended up with a very big op and implants fitted, 9 months of fittings, a temporary denture and a bill of £6k but it's the best thing I've done and would recommend it to anyone if they can afford it. One tooth is about £1k but unfortunately is not available on the NHS.

If the tooth is loose it will be because the supporting bone has been lost, so crowning it won't make any difference.
You need to talk to your dentist oddbird as there are several different options.
Depending on how much bone has been lost and how quickly the bone loss progresses, you might keep the tooth for quite a few years yet. The dentist might simply have been giving you 'advance warning', so to speak.

Kitty thanks for clarifying that. I know my husband broke his tooth and so did my other son and they both had crowns. The son I'm talking about knocked his tooth clean out and was given the option of an inplant or a denture. He's just had his bridge work completed at the Charles Clifford dental hospital in Sheffield and thankfully he's happy.

You can have a crown, if the root is suitable, where a pice of metal is put into the root and the crown put on the bit of metal on the outside rather like the remainder of the tooth that Andy is talking about.

I may be wrong but don't you need a tooth to crown? My son knocked his front tooth out and had a very expensive unsuccessful inplant. He had it removed and made do with a denture for a year or so. He's just had a bridge and is really happy with it.

I'd recommend a crown, if the root is suitable. It functions just like a real tooth. Sorry, don't know costs, tho.