Dental implants: Long and drawn out process

[Mr. Ed]

I had 9 teeth extracted with 3 posts implants front lower jawbone. I thought my appointment day after tomorrow will open the door for my dental provider to cast my lower denture.

I will take until another 10 weeks, March 25 before gum-line is ripe for harvesting the tops of implants. If all is well, oral surgeon and dental provider move forward with temporary dentures in the year 2525 Zagar & Evens

 

[Devi]

2525?

Is that possibly a typo?

I had (have) a couple of implants, and along with preparatory things that needed to be done, it took about a year.

 

[win231]

A few years when I read up on dental implants, A process called "Osseointegration" occurs; your body reacts naturally & makes bone grow into the tiny holes in the implant, which keeps it solidly in place before the crown is applied. That process takes 3 to 6 months.

 

[funsearcher!]

I had 9 teeth extracted with 3 posts implants front lower jawbone. I thought my appointment day after tomorrow will open the door for my dental provider to cast my lower denture.

I will take until another 10 weeks, March 25 before gum-line is ripe for harvesting the tops of implants. If all is well, oral surgeon and dental provider move forward with temporary dentures in the year 2525 Zagar & Evens

Interested to find out the timeline for all of this-from the extraction time to finish And did you have an oral surgeon as well as a specialized implant person and a denture person? How many specialists involved and how did you know who to trust??

 

[Linda]

Im thinking about having 2 implants on each side of my lower jaw. I'd like to know how it's worked out for others.

 

[Devi]

My implants work great. They're stable and sturdy.

 

[debodun]

I had a cracked molar extracted in August last year. Decided to have a DI to replace it. This Monday is the third step - having the abutment placed and measuring the gap measured for the crown.

 

[hollydolly]

2525?

Is that possibly a typo?

I had (have) a couple of implants, and along with preparatory things that needed to be done, it took about a year.

think that was a reference to Zager & Evans song 2525....

 

[fmdog44]

My dentist said after the steel screws are in I have to wait three months for the teeth. So I wonder what a company here called Clear Choice claims in and out in one day.

 

[Mr. Ed]

2525?

Is that possibly a typo?

I had (have) a couple of implants, and along with preparatory things that needed to be done, it took about a year.

Interested to find out the timeline for all of this-from the extraction time to finish And did you have an oral surgeon as well as a specialized implant person and a denture person? How many specialists involved and how did you know who to trust??

Oral surgeon extracted teeth and put in the implants

 

[horseless carriage]

Implants are a good way of keeping facial muscle tone. Having read this thread and seeing the length of the procedure has made me think twice. Perhaps a saggy jaw line is not so bad, especially when you consider the costs:

Procedure	Price
Implant + Porcelain Bonded Crown	From £ 1400
Implant + Zirconium Crown	From £ 1500
Individually made Abutment	£ 300
Stabilized Denture on 2 Implants with Locators	From £ 2700
Fixed Bridge on 4 Implants	From £ 9980
Sinus Graft Procedure	£ 550 + Biomaterials
Bone Expansion	£ 265
Bone Block Grafting	£ 580 + Biomaterials
Biomaterials	From £ 280
Guided Bone Regeneration	£ 220
CT Scan	From £ 150 – £ 300

What it all comes to eventually, knowing that tax will be slapped on at the end of it, beggars belief. My hip replacement was performed at one of our private hospitals called The Nuffield Group. Total charge for surgery, hospital care, x-rays, physio and so on, £12K. Judging by the prices that I found on the internet, I can have the other hip done for the price of six implanted teeth.

 

[win231]

My dentist said after the steel screws are in I have to wait three months for the teeth. So I wonder what a company here called Clear Choice claims in and out in one day.

They probably make that claim to get business. They're very careful in their wording. They don't say you'll be chewing or eating in one day. They probably invested in a lab on their premises, so it might take only a few hours to get the teeth because they don't have to send dental impressions out to a lab.
I had 2 permanent crowns done in 2 hours - no impressions & no temporary crowns. The dentist had "Cad Cam" equipment on his premises. Instead of sitting with my mouth open for 6 minutes while that gooey clay dried, the dentist uses an oral camera to take digital photos, then feeds the photos into a computer that tells the grinding equipment how to make the crown. But I couldn't chew on those crowns for several days.
Similar to "Lenscrafters" & other optical dispensers that have their own lab & provide "Glasses in about an hour."

 

[funsearcher!]

Does anyone know what the relationship is between types of dental professionals? If I need a tooth pulled, a bridge revised because that tooth is an anchor for the bridge, an implant and a crown, who decides which dental pro does what and how it is coordinated?? I am in a new community so I do not have a relationship with any dentists or oral surgeons or any dental insurance since my retirement.

 

[911]

I had a cap break off just before I fell ill. In 2 weeks I will have the rest of the tooth extracted and the implant installed. This surgeon does not use a temporary crown, so I will have to wait 3-4 months for impressions and then the lab will make the crown, which will be installed.
It sounds like a 41/2 month, start to finish for me. All at a cost of about $4300.00, which my dental insurance will cover about half of the total costs.