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06-02-2020, 06:02 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Just south of Rochester
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I got my first implant two years ago. IMO they are the way to go.
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06-02-2020, 07:07 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 13,879
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Implants all the way.
The alternative for a new bridge that "lasts 10 years" means you're facing this same decision again at 75. That would be more complicated and scary, and dental stuff usually gets in the way of other procedures (as you probably know from your TKR's). FIL is about 76 but had to delay getting a shoulder done because of a wobbly crown that needed fixing.
I have one implant from a couple of years ago. Extraction was cake, put in a "stump" at the same time (didn't need a temp because of the position). Got the new tooth a few months later and it's never felt odd.
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06-02-2020, 11:18 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Undisclosed
Posts: 1,237
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In July, it will be 17 years since I got my implant. I am very happy with it.
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06-02-2020, 01:40 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 7,001
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All the bridges my husband and I had lasted 20 years. I had full implants on the bottom so the price was 33k and the pain significant for the first 4 days because they put in 4 to hold the teeth. Plus I was quite swollen. But no alternative except a denture.
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06-02-2020, 02:11 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Spending the Kids Inheritance and living in Chicago
Posts: 17,008
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Originally Posted by rayinpenn
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1. Rebuild the two remaining teeth with posts and a new bridge. It could last 10 years or more. I’m 65
2. 3 implants, 2 extractions and 3 new teeth. One and done but pricy and probably 4 months with a temporary teeth. Implants must have time to fuse.
Any thought out there.. the thought of 3 implants scares me.
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Any option to rebuild the 2 remaining teeth, and do a single implant. ?
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06-02-2020, 02:28 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Hog Mountian
Posts: 2,077
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden sunsets
Wow. That's a great price. Did insurance cover most of it, this reducing your coat to $5,000 for the 3 implants,? I had one implant last year covered 60% by dental insurance and the cost to me was still 3 grand.
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DW corrected me (as usual). It was two. But we paid cash - no insurance. Dentist gave her an unspecified discount because of LT relationship and zero insurance.
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06-02-2020, 04:56 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: South Florida
Posts: 551
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And I am the 3rd retired dentist responding and I also echo my colleagues' shared opinion. If this was my mouth, and as long as the two existing teeth are in healthy enough condition, I would have the bridge remade. If the bridge is remade and eventually fails, then you still have the option for implants, or maybe another redo. If implants are done and there is a failure, not pretty.
Rich
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06-03-2020, 04:18 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 1,867
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Thanks all for replying..
After thinking about it I’ve scheduled the implants for Monday. Why?
1) The teeth are broken below the gum line. That paddle ball racket caused a good deal of trauma - I question their viability.
I had a root crack and get infected then an extraction..
2) lots of feed back “best decision I’ve ever made”
It won’t be fun but there are far worse things... thanks again
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06-03-2020, 04:47 AM
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#29
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 2,232
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rayinpenn
Thanks all for replying..
After thinking about it I’ve scheduled the implants for Monday. Why?
1) The teeth are broken below the gum line. That paddle ball racket caused a good deal of trauma - I question their viability.
I had a root crack and get infected then an extraction..
2) lots of feed back “best decision I’ve ever made”
It won’t be fun but there are far worse things... thanks again
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Sounds to me like you have made the right decision, for you. BTW, back in the late 1970s and early 80s when racquetball was gaining a lot of popularity, I played it for awhile, along with squash. I could never get comfortable with those rackets whizzing by my head, especially in squash. I also had the opportunity to play platform tennis, which I took up to the exclusion of the other two, because I was more comfortable with my opponents in front of me, than behind me. Of course I got whacked in the nuts a couple of times, but that did go away eventually.
Best of luck!
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