Have any of you had to have dental implants? i mioght be getting them and IM 15 :S?

i might choose to get them, im 15 and i wear dentures (false teeth) so i might get implants.


hove you have any?


would you recomend them rather than dentures?


and for a 15 year old girl?


thank you?

Have any of you had to have dental implants? i mioght be getting them and IM 15 :S?
Many people have extremely high success with implants, and the younger you are, the healthier your bone usually is, so they will probably have a better success rate. Remember, implants are basically a fancy screw that is placed into a hole in your bone so that a tooth can go on them. The body amazingly forms bone around the implant and sort of "adopts" it as a body part. You sometimes even form nerves around the metal so that you can feel pressure when you bite down on the implant!





You say you wear dentures, so do you have no teeth at all? Or are you wearing a partial denture to replace a few teeth that you have missing? Implants tend to do better if you have one for each tooth that is missing, though if you need your whole mouth replaced, they may just place 2-4 on each arch (top or bottom.)





But yes, if the dentist and surgeon think you're a good candidate, I'd go for them. It's SO much easier than a denture that comes in and out and is stronger than something like a bridge that is cemented in.
Reply:As some one who has created thousands of dentures and many many Implant prosthesis, I would not in good faith recommend you get Implants. Two issues you must first consider, (1) There is no current test that tells the doctor that your gum bone will accept the implant, it may reject it, and if it does, the implant has to be removed and you lose additional gum bone in the healing process. (2) Implants are currently successful about 86% of the time.....NOW, dentures over implant post can be very good or pose appearnce problems and they can not always be as thin in plavces where they need to be.





Also, few "Over Dentures", thats what a denture is called that fits over implants, fits really close to the gum tissues, and that in turn can trap food under the denture as you eat. I can't tell you the number of people who came to me wanting something done to prevent that from happening. While I created Over dentures for Dentist for their patients, I would not for my own patients. I created custom created dentures for over 40 years and I never saw an "Over denture" that looked, fit or functioned as well as a properly created regular denture. If you properly take care of your overall health and you service your denture on a regular basis and replace it when needed, you should have great satisfaction for many many years. Good luck and I wish you well.