Implants

[Riverlander]

Hi. Has anyone had any implants done ( teeth not boobs ) as I have to have another tooth removed due to a root canal getting infected after a number of years that is next to one already missing. Probably prepared to pay the money if I have a good idea that it will work and not give any trouble in the future. Cheers John

[supersparky]

John, you are in the same boat as me. Need the job done, but a bit apprehensive about it. My dentist said it might finish up costing 6k for one tooth. He says a dentist and a dental specialist as well. I told him that I will wait a bit before I make that decision. Hope your work goes well.
A friend of ours has had a few done. She reckons its a good move, just exxy.

[Dot]

Get it out and be done with it, I had root canal and a crown fail, the cost of those and no guarantees if redone = nah out they came. Where is your offending fang?

[Shirley]

Wow David, didn’t realise that teeth implants were so expensive.

[Riverlander]

Mine are bottom doubles. Quoted about $5000 each so the two will be about $10,000. Have to see the specialist soon. Cheers

[WarrenK]

Take a dental holiday to Thailand and get the implant done there. The implant and holiday would work out cheaper that the implant here would cost. If you do a Google search, you will find agents in Australia offering dental work in Thailand.

[Dot]

Are they back bottoms or front bottoms? and if you went to Thailand for an Implant, you may get more than you dreamt of. heshe said.

[jon_d]

We went though this with one of the boys when he was getting braces. His adult eye tooth was missing. So we had the choice to shift everything around and make space for an impant or shift things around and squeeze them up.

The ortho gave us the pros and cons. His opinion was to close the gap. At 13 years old, he would have a life time of the implant and screw thingy always exposed.

You have to be extremely careful of bacteria and cleanliness. If the bacteria gets onto the metal and finds its way inside the body (ie living on to the metal that is screwed into the jaw bone) you're in for some problems.

Same applies for metal screws and things inside your body.... but with teeth, the stud screw thing penetrates the skin in the mouth which a bit of a bacteria ridden area.

[Vik351]

John, you are in the same boat as me. Need the job done, but a bit apprehensive about it. My dentist said it might finish up costing 6k for one tooth. He says a dentist and a dental specialist as well. I told him that I will wait a bit before I make that decision. Hope your work goes well.
A friend of ours has had a few done. She reckons its a good move, just exxy.

See another dentist , one from a mate if poss ...

Eatin a Yiros a bit of tooth broke off, my pearly whites bloke was on holidays, went to this other PRICK ... what a jerk , " will put a temporary filling on for now, better start saving for an implant" ... yep, it's words ...!!!

My bloke came back,went to him ,told him the story "yea,that prick LOL"

grind,fill job done no implant , uses that new white ferropre too

Aladdin and the 40 dentists FFS ...!!!

vik...

[Busman]

I know of several that have done the Thailand route, one was quoted $18K, holiday and work came out at $4K !!
Another mate of mine was so impressed with the dentist he married her, so watch out !