Bone and gum graft dental treatment

I hope it all goes well for you Juliet27. I admire anyone who opts for the procedure Karmalady. I have decided against, as I'm such a wimp, I know I'm just not courageous enough. The 27K price tag was also a consideration.

Karmalady I had just started a reply to Juliet and you beat me to it. My experience is exactly the same as yours. I had the swelling but fortunately no pain. I also have a temporary denture which I hate.

DH had his bone graft and post insertion at the same time. As you say, all cases are different.

Thanks karmalady that was the sort of information I was after. I’ve pm’d you.

Wow. That all sounds very traumatic karmalady. Glad it's all working out.

I am wearing a temporary denture for a single tooth at the front. I need to wear it daily to stop the tooth either side from migrating towards each other. I had a bone graft and the full surgical kit plus antibiotics.

The procedure was 12 days ago. 7 days later the sutures were removed. Next stage in 4 months is the healing abutment at which my gum is again opened up in order to place the abutment. Three weeks after tthat he impressions are taken and I assume another ct scan I go back 2 weeks later for my final abutment and tooth for my final stage

Cleanliness is absolute key and the pre-procedure took into account my mouth hygiene. There was also an initial ct scan to assess my suitability

Pain and swelling increased greatly up to the 24 hour peak and gradually subsided. At 72 hours I was without pain, just discomfort and residual swelling.

I hate wearing my denture and the procedure will be worth every penny to me. The antibiotics wiped me out and I needed to rest for the first 5 days

You will need to go for the initial consultation, everyone is different

How long in your case did it take for healing to be enough for the implant? My concern is that this would be for front lower teeth and obviously I wouldn’t want that gap for long. Hopefully there would be some temporary way of covering that"

Coincidentally DH and myself are going through the implant process and have both had bone grafts. All done without any pain except to our bank account I also had a previous implant for another tooth a couple of years ago. I have though said we both can’t afford to carry on replacing our teeth with implants and will have to draw the line at some time and go down the denture route. We are both children of 1950s dentistry and, in my case, school dentists.

Sometimes it is needed for implant(s). A friend had it some years ago. Due to my persistent questioning as to the source of the bone, she admitted “from a cow” but added “a Swiss cow”! She was OK with that thought 🤣 It worked well and she still has the implants.
I had an implant without the need of supplementary bone graft. Mine is going well, too. It was a simple, pain free process and I’m no lover of dental work.

Thank you. Yes that sounds similar. I feel I need some work done, maybe implants but I think the gums would need building up. When I had hip replacement surgery I was asked if I would donate the bone, which I did. Maybe I should have kept some for a rainy day!

My GD who was born with a very bad cleft had this done when she was 11.
I don’t know if this is the same technique that you are asking about.
She had bone taken from her hip and grafted into her gum to allow teeth to grow,
I don’t know just how it works but it is a minor miracle to me.