Dental Question

[jennyjoan]

Have just found today my treatment for (may have to go down that route of implants)

They are coming to £4,800.

Now I do have the money but it is lot to me so I don't know whether to pay it off and get rid of it or break the payments down in to a payment plan - you know speculate to accumulate.

What would you do. thanks

[hc4361]

What happens when the gum recedes as it almost certainly will?

[jennyjoan]

Thanks for your answer Woofgang. Amazingly she said my bone density is very very good - must be the only good thing in my mouth.

she can start away. I do have faith in her and do have a dental relationship with her so if I were to try elsewhere it would take ages to build confidence up with that person.

The more I research £4,800 is reasonable ok. She is definitely one of the top dentists in Northern Ireland and I don't say that lightly. So maybe with the reassurance of you lot I'll go for it - but I'll take my time.

[woofgang]

hc it doesn’t matter. The post that the tooth sits on is implanted into the jawbone, not a tooth socket. Provided you follow good ordinary dental hygiene so you don’t get an infection under the gumline then the tooth will outlive you. My dentist reckons that a clean cared for receded gum is better than a less receded gum that is pocketed and can harbour infection.

[jennyjoan]

that's more info Woof - thanks

[jennyjoan]

Am thinking if I am in pain generally with other teeth or without implants -(other teeth are in pain (I shall go do down the route of NHS partial implants. I really don't what to do.

[woofgang]

JJ in the UK, the NHS don't do implants....

[Bathsheba]

Aaww, so sorry JJ, I haven't looked in here for ages.
So you're definitely staying private?
That's a hell of a lot of money :(

Baths
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[jennyjoan]

no the more I feel re NHS and private - I private for the Toffee effect (private) - now I am considering the route of NHs Toffee effect - isn't the same effect.

[jennyjoan]

That last post was a bit iffy - thinking all night and saying to myself - if I am getting the "toffee" sensation anyway with denture - why just go after all the years and expense of it AND go down the NHS route - aren't I just going to get the same effect. Yes I do know you don't get the the lumpy thing (plate) with the implants. But I have another 2 weeks to make up your mind.

When I researched as you do there are many options, like fixed bridge, removable bridges, but I find if my body is stressed with fibromyalgia some-how my face and teeth get it too - so after "said implants" - I will still be in pain.

I am using tea tree oil from H&B and tabbing onto the sensitive gums and it gives me great ease.

[jennyjoan]

^^^^^ sorry just go for partial denture from dentist. 1,000 of friends use them why not me