Don’t cry for me ARGENTINA!I’m halfway thru an implant at the moment (molar broke old filling). Tooth pulled, bone graft in. $1800 so far (insurance paid 50%). Have to then get a post and wait three months and then I can click a tooth in. $3200 still to go (insurance will pay half). So that’s $5000 for one tooth. I will never do this again. They will have to glue a blob of whatever to however much of a tooth is left to glue to. It’s been infected twice. I thought they broke my jaw when they pulled the tooth out. It was infected immediately after pulling and packing in the graft, which consisted of pig bone, artificial bone, and cadaver bone. When it was infected, all I could think about was that “I taste dead people”…….
I’ve had top notch dental care (including braces) my entire life. But when you unknowingly bite into a fried pork skin the consistency of concrete, your poor 50-year old filled tooth doesn’t stand a chance.
It was an upper molar, and after two gum abscesses I am tempted to NOT let them screw a metal post into my jawbone (well mine, a pig’s, and a dead guy’s) to click a tooth onto. I have grown used to the hole there. I like to stick my tongue in there for a little rest. However, after seeing all the tit you guys give to people with teeth missing, there’s no way I cannot be mutilated again for the sake of vanity. I’m currently putting it off for a few months to make sure my jaw has fused with the graft.
Yours truly,
Snaggletooth
It’s fine, you can’t even really see it. It’s way in the back. Anyway, everyone that does this has to go around with a space for 6 months while everything heals. The dentist claims that no one seems to wear the temporary prosthetic tooth. I sure as hell would if it was in the front.