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Yikes. No one ever told me that. Probably about ten years ago a dentist yanked an upper tooth out. I guess he thought it might help the sinus pain. (No, sinus surgery finally took care of that.) But there I was with a space near the front of my mouth. I went around like that for about a year before finally deciding to get an implant.
Asked around for recommendations and went to a specialist and back to my regular dentist for the final part.
I think it took about a year in total. I have had a little bit of a problem with it because it starts to feel loose. I had to contact that original specialist and find out what type of screw he had used so that the regular dentist could take the "tooth" off and tighten the screw. Other than that, I've been completely happy with it. I used a payment plan that allowed me to take quite some time to pay it off.
I know someone else with a whole mouth full of implants. Some of his are finally starting to become loose after maybe fifteen years. That's the problem I've heard of--implants needing to be tightened up.
if implants get loose they really can't be tightened . it means the bone dissolved around it or you rejected it .
i have zero issues with the top . in fact all day i find it pretty much transparent. i could not live with a bottom denture. the flexing of the bottom jaw and tongue flexing are what make it hard to stay.
i would never do implants anywhere not local . to many visits at times and to temperamental . i now had a total of 11 in 8 years . 4 got rejected over time and 1 within weeks
I am not saying that uppers are problematic. What I am saying is that uppers block off many of your taste buds leaving some foods tasteless. Two the palate itself is annoying and is a constant reminder in your mouth. Three if you do not use an adhesive your palate will pull away and allow foods to get up under them.
Question for anyone here that does have implants. Did you go with a removable bridge or a permanent fixed one? I have heard from a dentist that flossing under the bridge is a must or it will fail in the future.
I am considering 4 implants on the upper with a removable bridge that allows me to clean the gum around the implants and eliminate the palate. Thoughts?
I've begun getting my dental work done while I visit Mexico. It's worth a serious consideration.
The dentist I use was trained at a reputable school in Mexico city but resides in a smallish town where the upper echelon dentists don't take advantage of the tourist industry. He's middle-aged, so experienced, and speaks enough English that we communicate sufficiently. Furthermore, he's kind and gentle and gives as much consideration to my emotional and physical state as he does to the teeth he's working on.
I recently developed a loose tooth with an anaerobic infection on my vacation and became quite ill. The protocol he used to treat it was in line with what you'd see in the States. He treated me with antibiotics for a series of days, pulled the tooth, decided to switch the medication and continue with it a few days more.
I had two appointments, the extraction, follow-up, a pain-relieving medication and two antibiotics. Total cost? Under sixty dollars American.
When I return he'll give me a consultation to replace the missing tooth. Cost of flying doesn't have to be exorbitant. I had a one-way ticket home to MN for $99. plus tax. And there are comfortable, clean apartments where a person can stay (not considered tourist luxury) reasonably for a month or two at a time. Despite what seems like an extravagance you will save money and get a little vacation in at the same time!
I am not saying that uppers are problematic. What I am saying is that uppers block off many of your taste buds leaving some foods tasteless. Two the palate itself is annoying and is a constant reminder in your mouth. Three if you do not use an adhesive your palate will pull away and allow foods to get up under them.
Question for anyone here that does have implants. Did you go with a removable bridge or a permanent fixed one? I have heard from a dentist that flossing under the bridge is a must or it will fail in the future.
I am considering 4 implants on the upper with a removable bridge that allows me to clean the gum around the implants and eliminate the palate. Thoughts?
in practice they can be very hard or impossible to get out for cleaning . they grab so tight that i have always found it impossible to get the bottom off . i go 4x a year for a pro cleaning . they use floss to get underneath .
I paid about $5k for 1 tooth. If you are anywhere near the southern border many people go to Mexico for dental work. My sister gets her work done when she goes down south.
A friend who lives in Arizona did that several years ago and is extremely pleased with the results. No problems whatsoever.
I am not saying that uppers are problematic. What I am saying is that uppers block off many of your taste buds leaving some foods tasteless. Two the palate itself is annoying and is a constant reminder in your mouth. Three if you do not use an adhesive your palate will pull away and allow foods to get up under them.
Question for anyone here that does have implants. Did you go with a removable bridge or a permanent fixed one? I have heard from a dentist that flossing under the bridge is a must or it will fail in the future.
I am considering 4 implants on the upper with a removable bridge that allows me to clean the gum around the implants and eliminate the palate. Thoughts?
What's the problem with flossing under a bridge? I have a bunch of crowns that are bridged over missing teeth (some anchored by implants, others by crowns over posts). As I mentioned above, I floss religiously every single night and I use threaders to floss under the bridges. Takes like 5 minutes. I don't know what the point would be of having implants, yet still having a removable plate.
the removable implants require no cementing yet are as strong and secure as your own teeth .
the dentures on the top i found are no problem . but a full denture on the bottom was horrible. it is so difficult to stay and generally had to be re-poly griped before eating or the risks were high it was coming out . life sucked with a denture on the bottom . so there can be a huge difference between a removable denture and a removable implant set up . my implant denture is cemented in and is not removable .
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