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Any one have dental implants?
jimdeere
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What has been your experience with them?
I go tomorrow for initial consultation
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I don't, but a good friend of mine does. She swears had she known how much better she could eat she'd have done it years ago.
I recently had one along with a couple of Bone Grafts. It took about 8-9 Months for the whole process to be completed. The pain or discomfort was no worse than some other involved procedures you can have done. Depending on what kind of insurance you have and how much work your having done the cost can be quite high. The biggest complaint I have after having it done is that tooth that I had replaced feels "dead'. It feels strange at first but you slowly get use to it, to a certain degree. For me it was the best solution given my situation. Good Luck.
You get a new smile, you'll be so cute again.
Good luck
I have one along with a bone graft from a cow and have 3 more awaiting the bone grafts to set. Only downside is the mooing and the irresistible urge to graze in my neighbor's pasture. Seriously, they are fairly bullet proof, and I really like mine. I agree with .22 L.R. they can be expensive, but it's worth it to me. I'm going to a dental surgeon rather than one of those "new smile in a day" places. My SIL had a bad experience with false plates from one of those.
Have several. Other than the cost GREAT IMPROVEMENTS !!!
'I recently had one along with a couple of Bone Grafts. It took about 8-9 Months for the whole process to be completed. '
'I have one along with a bone graft from a cow and have 3 more awaiting the bone grafts to set.'
When the dentist brought up the subject of bone grafts and such, I lost ALL interest in implants.😕
Those "bone grafts" are scary. I saw some videos of unscrupulous "dealers" selling and introducing diseased materials.
tnranger - Say do you show symptoms of mad cow yet?
More reason to use a reputable, licensed oral surgeon you trust — not one of those mass production places seen on TV just to save money. As for use of a bone graft at all, you want those screw-in posts to anchor in something solid, and a lot of folks just don't have enough jaw bone. No mad cow after 3 years, but my wife says I've always had a low flash point.😁
I have a "two on one" implant of two bottom front teeth. I am now completely used to the "dead" feeling of those teeth - they were really dead anyway before the implant. It is expensive, but worth it.
Two bits of advice: Do NOT go to one of those "all in one day" outfits. It takes weeks for the titanium implant to attach to your bones. That can't be rushed. Only after that can they make and install the visible tooth parts.
One thing I would skip if I had to do it all again: They made me a bridge to cover the gap left while the implant bonds to bone. It didn't really help me eat, and was for looks only. It was a waste of several hundred dollars because it obviously is of no use at all after you get your final fitting. Only used it for a month, part of the time. Then threw it away.
The Bone Grafts if there needed is what extends the time frame out so long. It takes several months for them be stable enough to accept the post. Also some places now offer and encourage you to do a Blood Plasma draw which is then used to help the healing process. Supposedly using your own Plasma increases the odds of a healthy recovery. Given that it wasn't all that much more expensive to use my own Plasma and the overall cost of the Implant itself it's probably worth it. The last thing you want is some sort of failure or other problems and having to add additional cost & time on to it
I have a implant, took nearly a year but there was nothing scary about it.
Dental bone graft material is not animal sourced, some are synthetic but can be cadaver bone.
Other than being ridiculously expensive, there's nothing to it unless you have a rejection issue which is possible but not common.
I had one. Broken tooth cut out, implant placed in the bone and about eight weeks to heal, if I remember correctly. Then the crown was attached. The oral surgeon said I had really good bone mass so that was no problem. 14 years ago and no problems at all.
Got one this year to replace a front tooth. It took almost 6 months to complete. Then all it took was $5400 to pay for it. If it is not a front tooth, I won't do it again! At 79 years old, I don't think it will be used long enough to warrant the expense.
Wife has been going through this for 2 years now. One bone graph just won't take after 3 tries. They even tried a new material from Israel that didn't work on any of their patients.
Just got out of the office. $$$$ I need to send my firearms to Locust Fork. All of them.
I have some and agree with the bits of advice herein.
They going to be able to take care you though, get you fixed up? Good luck Jim
Jaws fell apart five years ago. End result was all on four dentures, four impants in each jaw, with five bone grafts to get it all back together. The bill hurt like hell ($43.5 K) but I can eat about anything I want. I told the dentist/orthodontist that when it was all done and over with, I would be able to eat steak or he wasn't getting paid!
I'm a poor candidate for the implant that would really help me. Way back when, shrapnel shattered my lower jaw and nearly blew it away. It was rebuilt with as much of the fragments as could be recovered but only about half the bone remains. Dentist shook his head and said he wouldn't recommend attempting an implant—too much chance of doing more harm than good.🤨
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The bill hurt like hell ($43.5 K)
I could use some implants but instead I think I'll invest in a top of the line blender and just start learning to enjoy my food mushy! 😬
Brookwood - $43.5K? You could've hired a sexy born a woman nurse to chew your food for you and feed you penguin style until the money ran out.
There are different aspects to "implants" being discussed as the same thing.
Some have received "a" implant as in one tooth. Getting all your teeth replaced with implants is very different.
Getting the entire mouth redone means (depending on your mouth/bones/jaws) 4-6 on each top and bottom of titanium post which have screw holes in them. A complete set of zirconium teeth is then screwed in to those posts. As mentioned bone graphs are often required to make this method possible
A less expensive option is getting the post but instead of the higher priced teeth screwed in permanently you get dentures that snap on to those post which can be considerably less money. but you have dentures not expensive teeth
No matter what you get titanium is very susceptible to deterioration from poor oral hygiene so once you have expensive titanium post you need to keep a decay and bacteria free mouth
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