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Those are very similar to my fees which I consider slightly higher than average, although this tends to be very dependent on geographic location.
Good to know, thanks for your input. I was not sure what is considered "cheap". I know I see "cheap" implants advertised for what seem to be ridiculously low prices, but I always figure there has to be a catch with those.
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The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. ~Henry David Thoreau
My policy is similar to toofache's. In my office, if an implant fails to fuse with the bone (i.e. before the crown is put on it), I replace it for free.....UNLESS the patient is a smoker. Smokers pay full price for any re-dos. All patients are informed of this verbally and in writing before we start any implant procedure. Honestly, it rarely happens.
I test all my implants to make sure they are fused before sending the patient back to their general dentist for the crown. If an implant fails after the crown has been put back on, then I do not replace it for free, since I have no idea what the patient and/or general dentist have done to it.
My dentist did the whole thing, placed the implant and the crown.
Interesting, thank you! I have never smoked and I have no clue why this happened. I don't have any of the risk factors you hear about. Even my dentist was puzzled. Is there a chance that he will be able to see what went wrong AFTER he removes the implant?
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Just wanted to update... so the verdict is the implant will come out, next week . I have to say that I am super disappointed, did not expect to be one of the small percentage for whom this did not work. I did not go the "fast" route, waited for about 9 months for the extraction site to heal, had grafting material placed, implant placed with no issues, no pain and let that heal for a year before getting the crown added. Do not smoke, do not have diabetes, I brush at least twice a day and floss daily.
At the moment I don't think I will try again, too expensive of a gamble to take... it does not help that I travel almost an hour and a half each way to get to my dentist. Ugh. Feeling really depressed about it.
Anyway... hope you have more luck if you are getting an implant!
When an implant is removed, some natural bone will come with it. It is the natural bone (and not the grafting material) that the implant adheres to. In other words, the chances of a successful implant decreases when it is replaced. Food for thought if you opt to have it replaced.
When an implant is removed, some natural bone will come with it. It is the natural bone (and not the grafting material) that the implant adheres to. In other words, the chances of a successful implant decreases when it is replaced. Food for thought if you opt to have it replaced.
Thanks! To be honest, not sure what I will do I don't like the thought of missing that tooth. But I don't like the thought of having the second implant fail also.
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The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. ~Henry David Thoreau
When an implant is removed, some natural bone will come with it. It is the natural bone (and not the grafting material) that the implant adheres to. In other words, the chances of a successful implant decreases when it is replaced. Food for thought if you opt to have it replaced.
Actually the research shows that implants placed in grafted bone have similar success rates to those placed in native/natural bone. Bone grafting material is just a scaffold/space maintainer anyway. It gets replaced by your own bone during the healing process.
Actually the research shows that implants placed in grafted bone have similar success rates to those placed in native/natural bone. Bone grafting material is just a scaffold/space maintainer anyway. It gets replaced by your own bone during the healing process.
That is interesting - do you mean that you grow new bone which replaces the graft material?
Actually the research shows that implants placed in grafted bone have similar success rates to those placed in native/natural bone. Bone grafting material is just a scaffold/space maintainer anyway. It gets replaced by your own bone during the healing process.
I wonder if that would be when one's own bone is harvested. I just got done with a trial and some world famous oral surgeons made the point than when using bovine grafting, it's all natural bone. that holds in the implant, The grafting material simply hides the screw threads.
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