Dental implants-do you or anyone you know have them?

If so, tell me all about them....the pain, healing process, comfort while healing and after, cost, treatment prior to and after---everything....

Dental implants-do you or anyone you know have them?
I really HATE people who say "go see a dentist" as the answer...it's like "geez, thanks for telling me something that already occurred to me....maybe I want to talk to other consumers first..."





That said, I could write for the next hour and still not address everything you really need to know here! wow.





Basics.


1. Pain - well, not much worse than having teeth extracted. Your'e numbed up w/ local anesthetic and you're sore later; the pain is treated with NSAIDs and probably something like vicodin for a day or so. no biggie. for extra $ (maybe 5-600/hr) you can have IV sedation for the procedure.





2. Healing process - probably takes 2-6 months for the implants to integrate into the bone completely. In the mean time you MAY be able to do "immediate loading" on them (ie, a fake tooth over the implant) but you may have to wear some kind of temporary partial or full denture while you wait.





3 Comfort; A - while healing - see #1 and


B - after (you mean after it's done?) very comfortable - feels just like a real tooth more than anything else.





4. Cost. each implant (ie, every titanium "screw") you get will be $2500 to $3000 , dep. on where you live.... then if you get a crown on the implant it's another grand each. So if your'e missing 4 teeth, you'll be paying $16000 total. Insurance (if you have it ) may cover up to half of that, i would guess.


However, if you're missing , say, all your lower teeth, you'll get say, 4 implants (12 grand) and the have to get a full denture that snaps over it, so that's another $1500 there. You didn't say what they were for, so hard to predict.





5 Treatment prior to..... I'm not sure what that means! Um...Ooh! If it's a lower implant and youv'e lost a lot of bone where the tooth/teeth used to be, you can expect to have to add some back in - the surgeon may use artificial bone or your own hip, for example. this way there's enough bone to support an implant. Likewise, if it's a upper back tooth, that's right below your sinuses; sometimes they have to do a "sinus lift" to add more bone for the same reason. These procedures can tack a few grand onto your overall cost. You won't know if this is necessary 'til you consult a dentist and THEY might not know and refer you to an oral surgeon.





Oh, and YES, know many people who have them, esp patients. They all feel it's worth the cost. Implants have a 95% success rate over twenty year studies, so way more reliable than bridges and more comfortable or natural than dentures.





I hope this helps; email me if you have more questions...
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Reply:I just asked my dentist last week how much it would cost to get one implant in the back of my mouth and he said $4,000 dollars.
Reply:I got them (full set - upper and lower) after having 17 teeth extracted that day first. Horrible, horrible. Looked like I'd gone 10 rounds with Tyson and lost. Plus mega-pain.





Cost me $11,000 out of pocket 8 yrs ago, and I had 50% dental insurance coverage.





I've had to have a bone graft since then (one cracked out of the upper bone, and had to have new bone cells from a cadaver implanted), and now, I'm having to go back AGAIN for removal of them all on top and redone completely.





It will be $5,000 out of pocket this time (still with 50% coverage). Plus pain.





This should ONLY be a last resort!
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Hope this helps.
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