My bottom front teeth are all loose. Because I know a bottom denture can be hard to keep in, and expensive ones are really the only way to go, and in order to hold onto them as long as I can, my dentist glued a brace behind them.

It's literally a small chain they use for people after braces. It's attached on the back of my front bottom teeth, It attaches (glues) the loose teeth to each other and then the chain connects to stable teeth on either side. I think they have even started to tighten up again as they are not at all wiggly or they are definitely less likely to fall out. It's kind of all or nothing. and they are now attached to strong teeth. Nothing shows from the front.

It was my hygenists idea as she had seen a dentist do it once. She called the new to me denist in, and talked to him and he said it might work. That was two years ago. I think it was $700 for him to put it in. I'm sure it was over an hour to get it right. I brush often, always after eating and waterpic to keep all the little places clean.

Now, my bottom front teeth aren't all so great as I've been a grinder for years and that is what is making me comment on your post. I wore a tooth guard also. I still ground my teeth and instead wore a hole in the guard.

My thought for you is if it's only in the front of your mouth, and you are still grinding, are you putting more pressure on just your front teeth and is that worse? I don't know, don't take this as anything but a thought and a bit of mechanical thinking. Will your front teeth get looser faster?

A full mouth guard at least disperses the power/tortion of the grinding to your whole mouth and not as central as just having all that power on only your front teeth. I always thought grinding was all of the reason for my loose teeth. I have had OLP for more than a decade but didn't know it could affect bone. I also have CRPS which affects teeth/bone too. I need to hold onto the front bottom teeth as long as I can. Bottom dentures are hard esp if your bone is kind of collapsed. Chewing is esp important as we age of course, getting esp greens into our systems. I did get 4 crowns on my 4 front teeth 10 years ago and wear a partial on top that connects to them and the other few teeth "bone worthy" to hold it in.

Nothing makes you feel better than being able to have a nice smile. I laugh more since getting the crowns on top. Teeth problems can affect our self esteem, and even our desire to leave the house and be seen.