Debbie, I had two mollars pulled in the right side of my mouth (#3,33) before rad/chemo. I will be getting bridges for both before the end of the year. In addition, like you I had damage to the gums and teeth in the bottom middle incisors. All 4 need to be pulled and I will also have a bridge for those. Why won't your dentist do a bridge? The healthy teeth are just filed down to allow the bridge to fit on them. I have a bridge already on the top left side all the way around to the top right middle (three teeth to the right of the center line). No problems with any of this. I can't imagine why there is concern of damage to the healthy teeth. You might want to get a second opinion on that.