re: Could research, easier to ask the OT - Dental Implants

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6 months of eating only soup???

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No. Soft food for about 3-7 days.

If I ever go the route of implants, I'll do it on a dental tourism trip to Costa Rica with a well reviewed dentist there.

I had an implant recently. I don't see how that can be done in one day since it takes 4 months for the implant to fuse to the bone.

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This has to be bullshite:

I had three done two years ago:

Step 1 Oral Surgeon has to remove any tooth remaining and places a bone graft in the hole.

Step 2 After 6-8 weeks (for graft to grow) they go in and put the hardware post etc.

Step 3 Your dentist adds a crown which has to be made by a specialist.

Step 4 After insurance you pay $13,000.00

These MF’ers better last a lifetime

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Holy shite. I don't enjoy going to a dentist for a clean...This sounds like a lot....

It’ll cost you 50-90K to get both upper and lower arches done

If you are referring to full arch prostheses, under an ideal scenario all teeth are removed, implant posts (4, 6,…) placed in both the upper (maxilla) and lower (mandible) jaws by an oral surgeon or periodontist and temporary full arch acrylic prostheses attached to the implant posts by a prosthodontist so one leaves the facility with full set of cosmetically attractive new teeth the same day. It is an all-day procedure. It takes a minimum of 4 months for the implant posts to heal & fully integrate with the jaw bone so one will be eating fairly soft food during that period. Permanent zirconia prostheses, harder than natural teeth, are installed 6 months post surgery because the shape of the jaws & gums change following teeth extraction, implant placement and healing. People who smoke, have diabetes or other medical issues may require more healing time.

All this is designed ahead of time, and the temporary set of acrylic teeth may be changed and refitted once or twice for perfect fit before the final zirconia prostheses are made & installed because they are so hard little adjustments can be made to them once made. The acrylic teeth are 3-D printed in-house. But as the commercials show, you will leave with a full set of attached teeth & a beautiful smile that day. But then you’ll look like a chipmunk for a week until the swelling goes down……lol.

As others have stated in some cases lack of sufficient bone, often in the upper jaw as the sinus cavities overly the maxilla, require bone graphs to be placed before implant posts can be installed or the implants are placed in the zygoma, cheek bone, to avoid the need for bone graphs. Best to have this done at facilities that specialize in the procedure, often referred to as “ All on 4”.

I would advise against going out of country for implants.. sure it’s less expensive, but an implant is not just one size standard post. There are 100s of different companies who make their implants a little different. Each requires different tools that are needed when it’s time to actually screw in teeth on those implants.

The issue arises when you return to the US to your dentist for the restorative portion.. he/she may not have the tools or knowledge of that specific implant company’s workflow to get to the final restoration of teeth.

If you’re dead set on saving $1k overseas for the procedure, make sure you get in writing which implant system was used so your restorative dentist at least has a starting point.

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. Just a few weeks ago I removed 10 implants in the upper jaw that were placed in Costa Rica by a provider that was well researched. The implants were not titanium, not sure what metal they actually were. They were placed very poorly ( into the maxillary sinus without an accompanying graft, not fully inside the upper jaw bone, etc).

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toofache

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