...the fact that you are saying you no longer have the gap form the first tooth removed is exactly why we need to keep them all in our head. Our teeth are constantly moving (very slowly) and when there is one missing the others try to fill in the gap, the thing is that if you end up with a tooth with nothing for it to hit against it will actually keep moving up untill it falls out itself, no help from a dentist.
Cindy - When you say 'hit up against' ...DH has all four wisdom teeth up, and they're not going to take them out, will they stop the other falling out?
Do the roots move too? how owuld that work?

sezjm, thanks for the info! I'm not sure whether the wants it out to have it over and done with, or its its purely financial. he isn't really saying.

In anycase I'm currently looking at switching out health ins to one through work, which is having a promotion so will have no waiting periods, inc pre-existing conditions. They will pay $660 for the crown, and significantly higher for most item numbers.