Cemented Teeth

[jennyjoan]

Has anybody heard of teeth ie about 10 being cemented to the gum.

My American friend has got it done and she has said it was the worse thing she has done. Having said that she is in poor health hence she suffers from abscesses, mouth ulcers etc.

I have never heard of it.

I am off out now but will await some replies. Thanks for any.

[Sqad]

https://dentalimplants.com/

Do you mean these?

[viv38]

Never heard of this jenny, but crowns are cemented in, aren't they ?

[jno]

crowns are cemented to the root. If you lose the root too you can get an implant (as in Sqad's link) in which case the crown is cemented or screwed to the implant. Never heard of cementing teeth to the gum. But maybe others know more.

[Old_Geezer]

Sounds a sure way to rip the gum as you try to eat, as it moves about.
Sure the story is a correct understanding ?

[woofgang]

Like every other skin area in the body, gums constantly shed the dead skin cells at their surface. Anything stuck to the gum wouldn't stay stuck long at all. Crowns or implants yes, but cemented to the gum no.

[jennyjoan]

Yes - I think they are implants myself - this lady doesn't ask questions - the way I would do - They cost 20,000 dollars - her dental insurance in USA paid 12,000 dollars and she paid 8,000 dollars so it has been implants. Thanks for your replies.

[jennyjoan]

Whilst I have googled implanted teeth I cannot get the answer I want.

Are your own teeth filed down for implanted teeth and what about the teeth that replaced gaps.

[woofgang]

You have implanted teeth to replace teeth of your own that have been completely removed, no root or anything left. A titanium post in implanted in the gum and left to allow the bone to grow around the post and knit it it into the jaw. Once this had happened, a false tooth is fastened onto the post. With normal care the tooth will last for the rest of your life. Its an expensive process. The room its done in has to be cleaned like an operating theatre and all the staff scrub up and so on.
If you have a tooth there and the root is sound then you can have a crown instead.

[boxtops]

Your teeth are filed down for crowns, not implants

[Clanad]

Similar to Woof's description a friend, here in the U.S. recently had a similar procedure.

The oral surgeon removed 10 very unhealthy teeth (runs in the family, we were told) and left to heal with the exception of the two molars just behind the upper canines. In those sockets the surgeon implanted directly into the jaw bone two titanium posts. These were left to heal and become encased in newly grown bone for almost three months, during which time the patient was without all 10 of his teeth. They were all in the front of the mouth which gave the friend that typical sunken mouth look... he developed the habit of covering his mouth whenever he spoke.

At any rate, at the end of the healing period he was fitted with a dental device like a bridge containing all of the missing teeth. He reports that once it's in place (he can remove it for cleaning) it's absolutely rock solid.

Cost about $15,000 (US) of which his insurance paid about $11,500. But he says he's gald he had it done...

[jno]

for those convinced that US health costs are ludicrous, that's actually amazingly cheap, Clanad. Treatment for the rest of your body is good here ; dental insurance however is very expensive, or so I was told when I inquired a few years ago. I am getting some implants, and paying for them, and they cost a lot; but I suspect the insurance would have cost much the same (especially with my dismal dental history).

[Clanad]

Actually, jno, stand-alone dental insurance (most other health insurance programs don't cover dental procedures other that damage caused by an accident) is realitively inexpensive. My family is covered and it costs about $34 monthly. It pays for most procedures up to about 70% or so. Same type of program is available for eye glasses and associated testing. It's even less expensive... around $22 monthly.

Both insurances do have an annual cap... around $10,000 per patient (we have 3) for dental and around $1,200 for eyes...

[jno]

that's very good - though it's possible it's based on the premise that Americans have better teeth to start with, so there's less to insure against. I've looked after mine, but they've been eaten away by reflux acid, and I didn't know until too late.

I don't know that many people insure their eyes, but a lot of opticians offer free tests if you buy their glasses; and I recently had cataracts removed from both eyes, for free on the NHS; so no complaints there. I think prescription glasses start at about £20, though I don't know how good they are.

[Clanad]

Your cataract procedure did include lens replacements, did it not jno?

[jno]

yes, they gave me new lenses in the eyes, which meant I no longer need glasses for medium/long distance (including driving). I still need reading glasses, which are maybe £5 over the counter (doubtless much the same as in the USA).

But teeth... you can get a lot of work on the NHS (if you can find a dentist accepting NHS work, which isn't always the case), but it's not free: charges are £18 for basic stuff including check-ups and Xrays, £50 for fillings, extractions and root canals, £220 for crowns, dentures and bridges. Implants aren't covered, all they offer is dentures.

You can get implants much more cheaply by going abroad, eg to Malta or Hungary; the worksmanship is good, but the number of visits required means the air fares and hotels would eat up the money you'd saved on the dentistry (while providing much-needed employment for pilots, of course).

[Khandro]

I keep getting pop-ups advertising a system of replacing teeth without implants, says it can be done in a day, can't imagine what the procedure is.

[woofgang]

I always wonder what happens if thing go wrong with one of the "holiday implants" setups. One of mine didn't take and I needed to get back to my dentist quickly. He took it out and tried again, again the site didn't take and I needed to get back to him quickly, not easy, maybe not possible if travel to a different country involved. Also i trust my dentist and wouldn't want anyone I didn't know and trust messing around with my mouth.