I’ve got four teeth left. Three on the bottom and one top molar. I don’t have a lot of money and wondered if snap on smile would work?

John L. from Joplin, MO

John,

Snap-on Smile needs teeth to anchor it to. With only one tooth on the top, it just wouldn’t work. Regarding the bottom, with the three teeth, it would just put too much stress on those remaining teeth and you would eventually lose them as well.

Even if you had most of your teeth and were a viable candidate, Snap-on Smile is meant as a temporary smile makeover. In that case, you could use it while something more permanent is prepared for your teeth.

My suggestion to you would be to look into dentures, which is about the same price as Snap-on Smile. For a little more money, you could look into mini-implants. They will help anchor your denture.

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