My mother is 94. She wears a denture on top, but has most of her teeth on the bottom, though they are in poor condition. Last year she had two crowns out in. Now her front teeth are getting loose. One was pulled the other day. The dentist is talking about a bridge, but that means replacing the new crowns. Mom doesn't want to spend thousands of dollars..
Any suggestions got the one missing front tooth. She has bond lose so implant is not an option.
Though if I had even the slightest suspicion that her dentist was thinking "ker-chinggggg!!!" I'd probably be looking for a second opinion, too.
I think on the most recent one (one tooth away from her front tooth), he used the tooth next to it like a "flying buttress" and somehow connected the fake tooth to that one. So it can be done. It was about $400 in the Chicago suburban area. She's had both fake teeth for from 1-3 years and they're holding up fine. He's a miracle worker! If you want me to find out the process, let me know and I'll call his office to see what you'd call it.
Another thing your mom could try is called a "flipper". If she can handle dentures, she could probably handle a flipper. It's kind of like a retainer with a fake tooth attached. My mom had one of those but lost it (probably threw it out in a napkin). That's when we had the first fake tooth built by another dentist. I've had a flipper before I paid for a partial and am getting another one for a tooth I have to have pulled. They're around $200 or so, I believe.