Bone and gum graft dental treatment

Child, not chicks! Having a beak is probably better.

tattygran14

Yes, those b dentists in the 50s. Paid by the filling, I had lots.
It wasn’t my teeth, as we never were allowed sweets.
Shame we can’t sue them, the amount of money it’s cost me over the years, as no NHS availability here.

I’m another who has teeth problems due to historic poor dentistry. Mostly from the 50s and 60s as a chicks, but some of it done as an adult and I paid for it!
Unfortunately as the patient we have to trust what we are told.
I have more confidence in my garage repairing my car than my dentist. I’ve just moved to a new dentist, highly recommended. So I’ll see.

I had an implant with a bone graft a few years ago. I chose to have the bone from a cadaver rather than a cow because I’m vegetarian (my DH has been puzzling on this for ages😁) It was very painful because the anaesthetic injection didn’t reach to the top of the jaw. Having said that it worked and it looks great. Would I have it again? I don’t think so, I’d opt for a bridge, far less painful!

It is cheaper to have more teeth replaced than just one. Having 3 teeth replaced will be just two implants or 4 teeth in two implants. I think I’ve had 9 teeth replaced but only 5 implants.

It is best to find a top uk implant specialist, which mine is. Total cost will be under £5k and there is only one implant. Healing is progressing very well and the top palate is now healed so eating is easier, he did some drilling up that way, maybe for bone harvesting I don`t know. There were sutures in the top palate. I have a small face and there is not much room so the procedure was tricky

I was given a full list of costings and I pay as I go, which relieves a lot of the money pressure

This was not a cosmetic procedure, I needed the implant otherwise I would have had the small denture for life, to prevent the other teeth moving.

Yes I had it done and no problem. Not too expensive either.

I’ve got an implant which I’ve had for 10 years. The tooth had a vertical fracture biting on an olive stone and couldn’t be saved . Tbh the extraction was more painful than the implant. I had no pain , swelling or bruising post surgery. I didn’t need bone grafts though. And I’ve had no problems with it .
OP please don’t go to turkey for implants , yes it’s cheaper but I work in dentistry and I’ve seen some appalling implants from turkey and the patients then have pay privately to get it rectified.

Yes I do ..

I know people are born (genetically) with good strong teeth, or not. I see it in people I’ve worked with and some friends.

I’ve seen them go through lengthy processes to save their teeth. It’s traumatic for some and others just deal with it, but either way the outcome with today’s technology is a miracle. It is costly and some have insurance and others don’t.

Here’s what I’ve learned so far in my life about teeth - do not neglect them, start at an early age and PLEASE FLOSS religiously. It is almost more important than just brushing!!!

Good teeth always ensures confidence, self-esteem and a great smile.

Yes, those b dentists in the 50s. Paid by the filling, I had lots.
It wasn’t my teeth, as we never were allowed sweets.
Shame we can’t sue them, the amount of money it’s cost me over the years, as no NHS availability here.

I had 2 teeth mplants next to each other which needed a lot of bone building up first. I had synthetic bone, once it had taken, back for the teeth implants. Took a bit longer with this extra step but never regretted it.
Saving for 2 more at the back on the other side!!

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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