Dental implants: how do they do it? - Page 2

Suziepeach · ‎03-10-2010

My husband, bless his heart, chose AffordableDentures..DO NOT USE THEM! It's like a cattle car offices, lots of bad reviews about them and those dam commercials are misleading.. When you see the one in Georgia and lady of color with a bob hair do, that WAS my husband's Doctor- she's evil and chewed me out one side up and down the other because my husband questioned what was going on... He'd insulted her.......he is now with a real Doctor and his dentures were replaced with much better, sturdier ones and his implants are being properly taken care of..

She pulled ALL his teeth in one day and stuck him with sad dentures and denture cream........ needless to say after all is said and done that was $16,000.00 we'll never see and plus it was another 6,000.00 for his new dentures that are real dentures..

Nope Affordable Dentures sux!!

Please note: My husband wasn't given sedation- he was given a local for all his teeth being removed- his entire lower jaw was bruised.. Thank goodness our dentist recommended this wonderful doc that specializes in dental implants..

Go VOLS
Rocky Top you'll always be home sweet home to me.. Good ole Rocky Top, Rocky Top Tennessee... Rocky Top Tennessee

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

I'm pretty sure they don't "hammer the implants in place".....

bonnielu · ‎03-11-2010

I have had 7 implants. No choice I swallow crowns. I went to an oral surgeon/periodontst. My best advice is to ask around in your area. DO NOT FALL FOR THE TV ADS. Got to be done right with care. This is from the wife of a retired dentist.

Suziepeach · ‎03-10-2010

@bonnielu wrote:
I have had 7 implants. No choice I swallow crowns. I went to an oral surgeon/periodontst. My best advice is to ask around in your area. DO NOT FALL FOR THE TV ADS. Got to be done right with care. This is from the wife of a retired dentist.

@bonnielu

Go VOLS
Rocky Top you'll always be home sweet home to me.. Good ole Rocky Top, Rocky Top Tennessee... Rocky Top Tennessee

eadu4 · ‎06-14-2011

I have 2 implants and unfortunately they shifted my teeth. They were too big and now I have gaps and they pushed in some teeth that were not that way before. I now need braces and I have been told in order to fix my teeth it would be anywhere from $14,000 to $20,000. Yup not happening. So I now no longer smile. I have a small mouth and small teeth. They made the implants too big and they shoved and wedged them up in there. You can't change them and you are stuck. I tried explaining to them and they told me I was making stuff up. I even showed them a picture of my smile before and now what it looks like, again nope all in my head. I unfortunately didn't have much of a choice of implants as I had teeth that had been pulled back there so no support for a partial. Paid a good amount for those things. Had the first implant break when they tried to shove the first one in there so it took over 2 1/2 years for the first one from start to finish. So now I pray to win the lottery so I can get them fixed. That's the only way. Even with my insurance (which is good) I would still pay a HUGE amount out of pocket. If I had known what would happen I would not have done it. My smile wasn't perfect before but now it's hideous.

agb80 · ‎10-16-2020

@goldensrbest wrote:
I am throwing this out to see what thoughts are ,it is about teeth, my 85 yr.old mom,had 3 teeth pulled on bottom,she just has 4 teeth on bottom now ,looking into a partical made for lower , her gum bone loss is too much to have dentures made for bottom,she does have dentures for the top.

@goldensrbest nowadays partials are very modern made with more comfortable material moldable to the mouth no metal attached to other teeth and are very secure not only for talking but eating. Cost is much more reasonable too.

agb80 · ‎10-16-2020

@eadu4 I find the prospect of implants unsavory although I know they've been doing it for years. I cannot stand the thought of metal permanently in my mouth or posts drilled in there.

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

@eadu4 wrote:
I have 2 implants and unfortunately they shifted my teeth. They were too big and now I have gaps and they pushed in some teeth that were not that way before. I now need braces and I have been told in order to fix my teeth it would be anywhere from $14,000 to $20,000. Yup not happening. So I now no longer smile. I have a small mouth and small teeth. They made the implants too big and they shoved and wedged them up in there. You can't change them and you are stuck. I tried explaining to them and they told me I was making stuff up. I even showed them a picture of my smile before and now what it looks like, again nope all in my head. I unfortunately didn't have much of a choice of implants as I had teeth that had been pulled back there so no support for a partial. Paid a good amount for those things. Had the first implant break when they tried to shove the first one in there so it took over 2 1/2 years for the first one from start to finish. So now I pray to win the lottery so I can get them fixed. That's the only way. Even with my insurance (which is good) I would still pay a HUGE amount out of pocket. If I had known what would happen I would not have done it. My smile wasn't perfect before but now it's hideous.

@eadu4 Wow. So sorry you went through all of this and still are unhappy. Do you think this was the fault of the dentist who did the work? Did he ever admit to screwing up? Do you feel that someone else could have done these teeth right and you would be fine today? I pray you do win the lottery or come into enough to pay to have this fixed...I REALLY DO❤️❤️😢

eadu4 · ‎06-14-2011

@SeaMaiden It's the fault if anything of the maker of the cap. The first implant, top back left was a REALLY tight fit and I guess the implant wasn't secure in the bone so when he basically pounded (and yes they pound them) in place the screw broke. So I had to go to the specialist who removed it (drilled out) and then built the bone up (which took about a year to really heal and be tough enough to try again). But the second cap was again too large (I mean I can feel these things they are in the way all the time-both the one on the left and the two on the bottom right). I didn't find the experience that painful. Just sounds wierd as heck with the tools they have to use. But yes those caps actually shifted my regular teeth. The guy who puts the screws in, is a specialist and that's all he does. He was fine really. And I don't blame the dentist, it's just the fact that the caps are too big. But once they glue them on, they are not coming off so, yeah, I'm stuck with them. And no, I can't do dentures because I still have enough teeth left that no one will pull all of them and give me dentures. I envy people with a beautiful smile so much. But hey, it's all good, in the end, I still have some teeth lol and I tell people that I get confused with being Micheal Strahan's sister from another mother!

novamc1 · ‎07-02-2015

@LuvmyLab

You're right...........it does take months.

DH has been going thru the process of implants for months and isn't done yet.

It can't be done in one day. It used to involve more serious surgery than it does now. Improvements in the process apparently have been made but it still takes months to complete.

His implants are estimated to cost $11,000 in the end.