tooth implants

bargainsgirl · ‎01-13-2012

I am getting another after last one 10 years ago. This time part of the pre -implant placement is to wear a retainer with a fake tooth to hold the spot where the bad tooth was extracted and the implant will be placed in a few months. Anyone else have this part of the procedure? I keep forgetting to wear it after I eat something becuase I brush before using the retainer...

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

@bargainsgirl wrote:
I am getting another after last one 10 years ago. This time part of the pre -implant placement is to wear a retainer with a fake tooth to hold the spot where the bad tooth was extracted and the implant will be placed in a few months. Anyone else have this part of the procedure? I keep forgetting to wear it after I eat something becuase I brush before using the retainer...

yes, I wore one when I had a front tooth done.

kaydee50 · ‎02-07-2011

I got one that I never wore--too uncomfortable. I thought it was for aesthetic reasons and since it wasn't a front tooth I didn't care that I looked a bit weird when I smiled. Didn't think that it was for space retention. Had no problems with my implant so unless it was for a front tooth or you're vain, I wouldn't bother with it.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

That's called a 'flipper tooth' and it's usually made for the front missing teeth for aesthetics. I never had one b/c all of my implants are in the back.

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

@bargainsgirl I have had several implants. They were always put in shortly after the real tooth was extracted.

I had a tooth pulled and since he tooth was farther back in my mouth, I decided not to get another implant. My last Dentist visit, they were talking about my getting an implant for that empty spot. And they were talking about a bone graft. They said that I would need a graft to fill in the spot were the tooth used to be.

Maybe the retainer is to keep the bone from receding. And so you won't need a bone graft.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

@drizzellla wrote:
@bargainsgirl I have had several implants. They were always put in shortly after the real tooth was extracted.

I had a tooth pulled and since he tooth was farther back in my mouth, I decided not to get another implant. My last Dentist visit, they were talking about my getting an implant for that empty spot. And they were talking about a bone graft. They said that I would need a graft to fill in the spot were the tooth used to be.

Maybe the retainer is to keep the bone from receding. And so you won't need a bone graft.

No, the retainer has nothing to do with the bone. Grafting into the empty socket is the only way to prevent the jawbone from further bone loss. Either that or have the implant placed into the socket right after the tooth is extracted.

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

@kaydee50 wrote:
I got one that I never wore--too uncomfortable. I thought it was for aesthetic reasons and since it wasn't a front tooth I didn't care that I looked a bit weird when I smiled. Didn't think that it was for space retention. Had no problems with my implant so unless it was for a front tooth or you're vain, I wouldn't bother with it.

@kaydee50

Same thing with me...the "prongs" that held the temp actually dug into my gums. I later had front teeth done...and didn't have temps either. My friends and relatives knew what was going on...and the EXPENSE of the temps was REALLY HIGH PRICED. di

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JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

@drizzellla wrote:
@bargainsgirl I have had several implants. They were always put in shortly after the real tooth was extracted.

I had a tooth pulled and since he tooth was farther back in my mouth, I decided not to get another implant. My last Dentist visit, they were talking about my getting an implant for that empty spot. And they were talking about a bone graft. They said that I would need a graft to fill in the spot were the tooth used to be.

Maybe the retainer is to keep the bone from receding. And so you won't need a bone graft.

@drizzellla - Bone grafts are part of the process. When an implant is done, they remove all of the original tooth. That leaves a hole in the bone. The bone grafting material is packed into that space and the gum tissue is stitched together. Then the patient waits for a few months for it to attach and harden so there's solid bone for the implant to screw into.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

Whenever a tooth is extracted, the empty socket should be filled with a graft right away. An empty socket causes a rapid increase in bone loss there and adjacent to the empty socket. Grafting is best done right after a tooth is extracted and at the same time the implant is placed into the bone to better the chances of a successful surgery. Grafting after extraction with or w/o implant surgery helps prevent bone loss which can affect adjacent teeth and cause those teeth to get loose and need extraction also.

For a tooth that has been missing for a period of time, the bone has already healed over and grafting usually isn't done until the day of the implant surgery if there is bone loss around that socket which there usually is.

All of that info was told to me by my surgeon.

nyc1 · ‎03-19-2010

@bargainsgirl Do you have to get one or can you just leave the space empty. My husband had to get a FRONT TOOTH replaced but chose not to get the fake tooth and left it empty instead. I had a back molar that I had done and never got a fake tooth.

In the case of my husband, we were going on a trip to Greece so he thought he should get it, but they said you could not eat or drink anything other than water with the tooth in. He thought he'd rather have the space empty than have to remove and reinsert during the trip. He was fine without it.

Our oral surgeon never even suggested we get one. When my husband asked about it, because it was a front tooth, they said he absolutely could, but that it was not necessary.