Tooth Implant

[gilad]

I had one done Quite a horrible experience so far.

I'm quite nervous it will fail and all the pain and money will be for no reason at all.

Anyone got one? shudders.

[0range]

Where'd they put it? Sounds painful.

[Bob]

I've considered having them filed down a bit, but that's permanent.

[gilad]

I've considered having them filed down a bit, but that's permanent.

Having your real teeth or an implant filed down?

Where'd they put it? Sounds painful.

They drill a hole into your jaw bone and place the titanium screw in there.

[quantum]

Ask them to put you to sleep while they do it, not just the local anesthetic. 

[zheer]

Sounds painful.

  Naaaaaahhh sounds like a tickle.

[gilad]

I wanted it done while awake, so i chose local. Its safer, and he is a very good surgeon. He told me what he was doing and keeps a calm tone which is calming in turn for the patient.

the pain came after( :

[richard black]

Ahh - dentists, poor sods, you've got to feel sorry for them. They try to help us out and we all hate 'em. Mine did a root-canal treatment on me and the anaesthetic didn't numb all the nerves, so he had to give me another quick jab right into the nerve. I'm lucky, I've got a high pain threshold, but I'd swear _he_ looked slightly green as he lined up the syringe.

[gilad]

Ahh - dentists, poor sods, you've got to feel sorry for them. They try to help us out and we all hate 'em. Mine did a root-canal treatment on me and the anaesthetic didn't numb all the nerves, so he had to give me another quick jab right into the nerve. I'm lucky, I've got a high pain threshold, but I'd swear _he_ looked slightly green as he lined up the syringe.

hahaha. Sorry Im not laughing at your pain. I agree. Poor sods. I think that dentists were the type of children that used to watch ants squirm while they focused the rays of the sun on them through a magnifying glass.

My tooth was extrated because my dentist screwed up a root canal. He looked green in the face as well when he told me it would have to be taken out.

Oh well. I now have moved to a guy known as the dentist's dentist. hehe.

[richard black]

Well, I suppose we could all go back to the 1920s, the days when my grandfather, as a young man, had all his teeth out and a set of falsies fitted, just because it was the fashionable thing to do. I never knew him all that well (he died when I was still a teenager) but he always seemed fairly sane to me, otherwise....

[gilad]

hahaha. yeah. crazy.

[Bob]

Having your real teeth or an implant filed down?

Real teeth.  To make them perfectly even.

[rc]

  Naaaaaahhh sounds like a tickle.

I love how they always say "you'll feel a slight pinch" before the local anesthetic...  But it actually feels more like they're sticking a needle into the gums, the liars!

I've got a couple of cavities, I've been procrastinating on the dentist for a few years now, should be fun I wonder what he'll find!

[Bob]

Into the gums?  When I had dental work done, it felt like they were jamming a needle far up into the roof of my mouth.  Ugh....

[quantum]

Anyone ever see Little shop of horrors?

[gilad]

Anyone ever see Little shop of horrors?

So very true, haha.

[pianochick93]

I agree with the needle thing. I am a little scared of needles, and I really didn't want my dentist to give me one when I had a tooth extracted (Im glad now that I did). She told me just to close my eyes, I'm just going to have a closer look, I said 'You arent going to put a needle in are you?' and she answered me with 'No, now shhhh...'

The lying pregnant dog. It hurt.

[richard black]

I don't mind the needle so much, but the general woozy sensation that (for me) always accompanies anaesthetic is pretty unpleasant. I'll live with it, though, in preference to no anaesthetic.

[pianowolfi]

Help!! I have procrastinated to go to a dentist for 18 years (*gets more and more green and pale while reading this thread* )

[richard black]

Well, I managed I think to make it 20 years, maybe 21 or 22, between visits to the dentist and when I did get there I needed two extractions (one of a tooth that had long ago crumbled away - perhaps surprisingly, it never caused me any pain at all), a root canal treatment and a minor filling. Not too bad a total, I thought. Took about 3 visits to get the lot sorted out and, to his everlasting credit, the dentist didn't even offer the hint of a raised eyebrow at the length of time it had been since I last saw one of his colleagues.

[pianowolfi]

Well, I managed I think to make it 20 years, maybe 21 or 22, between visits to the dentist and when I did get there I needed two extractions (one of a tooth that had long ago crumbled away - perhaps surprisingly, it never caused me any pain at all), a root canal treatment and a minor filling. Not too bad a total, I thought. Took about 3 visits to get the lot sorted out and, to his everlasting credit, the dentist didn't even offer the hint of a raised eyebrow at the length of time it had been since I last saw one of his colleagues.

Rather calming. I am asking myself if implants are really better than other substitutes 

[berrt]

Rather calming. I am asking myself if implants are really better than other substitutes 

i wear one. the implantation was not exactly fun, but definitely no horror or something like that.
B.

[gilad]

Yeah, apparently they are very good. They maintain the bone on your jaw so it doenst wear away. My only worry is that i girnd my teeth. which can be a problem. Also im not really sure what the bone graft entailed, just hope it works. The pain has gone fo now. it was pretty quick , im must say that, but theres still work to be done. They seem to be a better option than bridges. Bridges mean the effective end of the two teeth on either side of the bridged tooth. Plates are an option, but i could not speak with mine in, but there are better plates on the market that should not interfere with speech.