Hi Ailish, I had my entire mouth worked on last year. Aside from the laborious & tedious jobs of extraction, and refining the fit, all went well. My greatest fear was infection & the dentists knew that & were also well informed of the WG & its effects. There was no guessing as they both looked up WG before they went to work on me! I went for the bridges just cuz of the possibilities of infection with implants/surgery. Aside from bridges being a pain (keeping clean & fitted), I believe I made the better choice. Dentists agreed as they didn't want to risk infection. Most of my WG damage is in my sinuses. I was still on low dose pred at the time, now I'm off completely. Anyway, biggest threat with implants is causing infection which I'm sure they would protect against. As for the upper teeth, there is the chance of breaking thru to the sinus cavity whilst putting in the implants (a friend had it happen, lots of infection & pain) as the screw could & has broken thru. Basically implants look more natural and function more like normal teeth, but installation aside from can be risky at times. Basically, after all the pred helping destroy my teeth, I'm just glad to be able to chew properly again! Best to you.
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