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Anyone Have A Single Tooth Dental Implant?

nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
edited July 2019 in General Discussion
When? Where? How much did you pay?
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  • wolfpackwolfpack Member Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had one in 2009. Have had no trouble at all with it in the 10 years since the procedure was done. My procedure was performed in Pikeville, Ky by Dr. Wright. If I remember correctly my insurance paid half the cost leaving me approximately 850 to pay. This 850 dollars did include surgical removal of the root of an old tooth that had been broken at the gumline and then the installation of the implant. Have no idea what the cost of just an implant would be but with the advancement and popularity of these now it is probably less. I would definitely recommend an implant if i needed to replace a tooth.
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  • varianvarian Member Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    not yet but im about to have. just had a broken tooth pulled thursday and am thinking about having an implant in a couple of weeks. planning on going to the dentist office this week to discuss cost, will let you know.
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  • serfserf Member Posts: 9,217 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Turn around is over 6 months for the completed procedure. Must have a good bone density in the Jaw. Cost is over 1000 dollars per tooth. I need 3 already and just waiting to see if stem cell therapy would leap in the picture where you just grow new teeth instead. Good luck. Let us know how it goes if you decide to do it.

    serf
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cost & time vary, but the entire procedure can take up to 1 year. I have 2, & it has cost me $5 - 6,000 per tooth.

    The oral surgeon has to pull/cut out what's left of your original tooth. Healing can take 2-3 months.

    The oral surgeon then measures the depth of your jaw at site of the tooth. If it's not deep enough, he has to extend it with a bone graft. That will take 2-3 months.

    Then, the oral surgeon must drill a hole & install the fixture in your jaw. It will take 3-4 months for the jaw bone to fuse with the fixture.

    You go back to your general dentist, who makes a crown, & attaches it to the fixture with a piece called the abutment. Then, hopefully, you are done.

    If you don't have good dental hygiene habits, you will lose the implant. If you develop osteoporosis, you will lose the implant. There is a newer procedure called "mini implant"; I don't know enough to recommend this yet.

    Neal
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    when i was in high school i had 4 wisdom teeth cut out to give room for the others to grow right....dont even want to think about all that or any other big construction in my face again....get a partial bridge , keep it on the desk at night and use the huge amount of money saved to buy coca-cola and Captain Morgan Spice Rum mixed up for many days and nights pain free........
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Quite sometime ago I had 3. Don't recall the cost however (wasn't cheap). They used cadaver tissue back then and it was a 12 month ordeal. Heard today the time element has been shortened considerably. They don't wear like the natural teeth do and in time this may or may not be a problem!
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  • bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,720 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have one, took six months as stated, cost about three grand.
    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    I'd love to find one for $3G. My dentist wants $5300 and change. Found a lowballer at $1900, but if a graft is needed it jumps to $3400.

    I will keep looking.
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Within the next year I plan on making a few trips to Thailand and getting a full set of implants done.

    I know several people who have had dental work done there that is every bit as good as getting it done here and for pennys on the dollar. Even with airfare and hotels I will save thousands compared to here
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  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,768 ******
    edited November -1
    I have had so many bad dental experiences with just about as many different dentists, I have pretty much chosen to avoid them all unless I run into some trouble that becomes painful.

    I was very fortunate to have been born with good teeth genetically speaking. There are so many people that cannot say the same, as genetic makeup does have a lot to do with all of their dental problems. My wife has been a testament to what I am talking about here. Over our married life, have spent enough money on her teeth to take up the difference on what I should have saved on mine. :o

    My last experience several years ago was a root canal and a cap made upon it that was done by two local dentists. The cap maker dentist did not do root canals. The cost's were 1500 dollars each (3 grand) and the new tooth only lasted 6 months before it crumbled and fell out! Went back to the cap guy and he could not fix it and sent me to another dentist to pull the remaining roots. That set me back another 500 bucks but I saved 100 bucks for opting out of being put to sleep in the chair. Procedure took about 5 minutes.

    I have known a few early school classmates that went on to become dentists and all of them had one thing in common. They were sado masochist's when they were still in grade school!
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  • wpageabcwpageabc Member Posts: 8,760 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dentists and plumbers have some racquet. Having said that, dental insurance does not seem to put much of a dent into the cost of modern dentistry.
    At age 65 my new rules are no more root canals since every one ever endured caused some nasty flu or cold afterword. So now I just have them pull the tooth if its bad.

    You do get what you pay for in dentists and there are some turkeys out there like in other crafts and professions. Ever wonder what folks did back in the bad old days with bad teeth? For what its worth if the problem teeth are in the back and out of sight. Dont buy into the sales pitch from the dentist that you must hurry. If possible just let the tooth go. Implant technology is improving with time and if needed can be added in the future.
    "What is truth?'
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  • patt7638patt7638 Member Posts: 369 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    About 19 years ago I had 3 done. It cost about 2K per tooth for a total of 6K. It took about a year. Since then I have had 2 come unglued and they had to be reglued, which is not a big deal. Insurance did not pay hardly anything except for the extraction. If you can afford it, I highly recommend it.
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  • John StimsonJohn Stimson Member Posts: 26 ✭
    edited November -1
    I have had five over the past 8 years. Four had extractions involved. Two required grafts. The most recent implant a year ago had both the extraction and graft and the cost was about $3500.
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  • bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,720 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    nunn wrote:
    I'd love to find one for $3G. My dentist wants $5300 and change. Found a lowballer at $1900, but if a graft is needed it jumps to $3400.

    I will keep looking.


    In all fairness David, mine only cost 3G because my wife was Executive Director for a large dental practice (eight offices) and I got a 50% discount.

    $5300,00 is not out of line and you really don't want a "bargain" job in your mouth.
    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
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  • mac10mac10 Member Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i got 3, was a bad night on cell block 3 back in 06 the state payed for it :evil:
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have one, as noted first pull old root sheared at gum line, then heal fro a few months. Then added bone since I was a smoker I had issues, healed for a six months, tried tooth wouldn't set right, added more bone. Healed in about 6 months. added implant healed for three months. added tooth.

    Great but about 4K total and I need another upper but not enough bone again and this time they want to do a sinus lift so it will be about 6K. and a year and a half or so :(

    COME ON stem cell tooth regeneration
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oh and let me tell you what I have heard regarding the mini's, not enough support for chewing will be an issue later. The ones that look like predator can go in and curve into the good bone forgot the name of them
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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