Bone and gum graft dental treatment

The only bone graft I had was a powdery type of stuff that was applied to encourage bone growth. It worked.

I couldn't afford implants so when my 2 lower front teeth broke, I had a small denture fitted. It isn't wonderful but I have got used to it. At my age, 75, I can only imagine adding more teeth.

crazyH I am 73. Both top and bottom gaps would have been in my smile line.

I have just finished almost two years of this!

Sinus lifts, bone grafts top and bottom and gum graft.

All went well and no bone was taken from me so I assume synthetic bone was used. It’s not as bad as it sounds BUT the gum graft is horrendous. Not the actual procedure but the after effects. If it’s what’s known as a free gum graft the pain from the donor site, which is your hard palate is truly awful. They can place some kind of ‘plaster’ over the donor site but only if you have teeth to affix it to. I didn’t as they had been removed so I had a raw open wound for a week. The dentist did give me some gel to put on which did alleviate the pain for a time and after a few days I used some Bonjela - wow I nearly went through the roof! It definitely numbed it but the initial pain was excruciating.

Speak to your dentist. The bone grafts and implants should be fine but the free gum graft (which is the worst type) is very painful during the healing stage due to the donor site being raw inside the mouth.

Additionally, the costs mentioned are extortionate. I’ve had extensive work done taking two years and all backcteeth upper and lower plus 4 veneers on front teeth - £200000. I shopped around and this dentist was recommended. It was an hour’s drive there and then back again but I’m extremely happy with the results.

Did you really mean almost a quarter of a million ££s tickingbird? 😮

Good gracious, £250,000. Just wow.

And petrol on top! An hour each way. 🤣
I assume it a typo.

Wow! The cost! Sounds like it was a horrible experience too. I'm sure you're glad it's all over tickingbird - at least I hope it is

I do know a woman in her 80s who had a mouthful of implants spending her kids' inheritance.
Honestly I would prefer to spend that kind of money, if I had it, on something else!
This woman must have been a great beauty in her youth as she is tall, slim and elegant still.

I’m with you Grammareto. I read somewhere that women who were renowned for their beauty, try to hang on to it, any which way. They find it difficult to grow old gracefully.

Maybe the woman in her 80s was having dental problems rather than just cosmetic concerns?

She would have the right to spend her own money as she wished, whatever her age. Kids really shouldn't anticipate an inheritance. It's a gift, not a dead cert, after all. I know somebody whose family disowned him after he remarried.

I can see I should have used another analogy Hetty. All I meant was if I had that much money I wouldn't spend it on my teeth.

I saved up to pay the fare to visit my DS in NZ. Hopefully he preferred to see me in real life rather than Grannie online with sparkling gnashers 😬

The dentures cost about £300 thanks NHS

Oh no!! Certainly not that much. Meant £20000. That was enough but I did pay over 2 years as he charged as we went along. I had one quote of almost £50000 and that was 5 minutes away! I’m not wealthy but needed back teeth as NHS dentists had removed them over the years. I am pleased with results. A friend went to Turkey and had to go back as they weren’t right. There’s no way I would have wanted to be away from home having all that done.

Although I have all my teeth, there are a couple of wobbly molars. My dentist says I have loss of bone density and could look at bone grafting. Thank you for this thread as it has been very informative. At my age, I really don’t think it’s a route I’d go down. Apart from the medical trauma involved, like some others I’d rather spend the money having life experiences before it’s too late.
Some years ago I had a benign lump removed from my jaw. The recovery from that took weeks and was traumatic. Hopefully never again and certainly not by choice.

Phew tickingbird that’s a relief. I was beginning to think I might have to abandon the idea.

My late mother always said she'd spend money on her teeth if necessary as eating might, in time, be her only pleasure left in life. Needless to say she didn't have to.

Aveline

My late mother always said she'd spend money on her teeth if necessary as eating might, in time, be her only pleasure left in life. Needless to say she didn't have to.

There's always drinking 🍷 😉

Seriously NHS teeth are better than they were and fit properly.

To be honest I had a couple of near choking incidents because I wasn’t chewing food properly plus was told I was wearing my front teeth out by chewing with them. Apart from the healing of the gum graft it really wasn’t anywhere near as bad as it sounds and no pain at all during any of the procedures. I’m glad I did it and they look natural.

I had an implant for my top front tooth and I have been absolutely thrilled with it. Now I want some bottom teeth done but will need to wait until I can afford. I will need a bone graft as I had a sudden loss of bone which was what caused me to lose my teeth in the first place.

My DH had to have implants but required his jaw to be built up first. He had Bovine Cow bone implanted he was fine and had teeth implants. Amazing what can now be done

after lockdown and a butcher of a dentist (and also suffering from a drill happy dentist as a child) i lost the remaining teeth in my upper jaw and my partial denture was replaced by a full one, i was left with four very wobbly front teeth in my lower jaw (the molars i lost to the butcher dentist).
so i had to have a partial denture for my bottom jaw around my four remaining teeth. i hated it at first as i'd hated the upper denture, but i've now come to terms with it as it allows me to eat properly again.
i certainly couldn't afford to have implants so, providing i can get a regular supply of fixodent, i'll carry on with the dentures.

I paid £10,000 for 4 implants, including specialist dental xrays in Harley Street due to fused tooth on gum, a few years ago. Well worth it as no dental plate - ugh! Had no problems and strangely enough not painful.

I’m in the middle of the process of having two implants next to each other - the upper eye tooth and the tooth further back from it. The eye tooth was one end of a bridge and had developed cavities under it. The space next to it was bridged where a tooth was extracted years ago. Luckily the dentist was able to save the crown at the other end of the bridge.

The eye tooth was extracted and the bridge removed back in October, and I had a bone graft then in both spaces. I had a scan in January and the two titanium pegs placed in March. I’m going back for a checkup and an X Ray next week to ascertain that all is healed and I expect to have the new crowns in June. Yes, very expensive! I paid about $5500 for all the implant work and will have to pay probably another $6000 for the crowns (I need to have an existing crown replaced on the incisor next to the eye tooth as well). So no holiday for us this year! My dental insurance has covered $2000 of the implant surgery but I don’t know whether it will cover any of the crowns.

I didn’t bother with a temporary denture - it’s not hugely obvious although I have felt self conscious about it.