My tooth broke about 10 days ago...I was hoping to get it repaired but the dentist is advising against it - apparently the decay is close to bone so a repair could be a very long saga of dental trouble.

So she is referring me to see an oral surgeon to have it removed (*ouch* - horrid memories of the painful aftermath of having a wissy tooth surgically removed). Apparently it is best to replace it with something - either a bridge or an implant.

The bridge sounded fabbo until she told me they remove the tops of the adjoining 2 teeth in order to put it on .

The implant sounded fabbo until I actually thought about having a screw inserted in my jaw .

Wondering if anyone has had this done/is a dentist/dental nurse who can shed any light on this at all. I need about a million fillings as well - I stopped counting after number SEVEN - thanks to chemo - so I was sitting there in shock. Didn't really ask many q's.