& will implants hurt your gums and cause a lose-ness feeling in a long term effect?
2006-09-30 11:29:32 · 6 answers · asked by starlove2 6 in Health ➔ Dental
& will implants hurt your gums and cause a lose-ness feeling in a long term effect?
around how much does 1 implant cost?
2006-09-30 11:55:56 · update #1
Dental implants are the closest replacement for missing teeth. A dental implant is a titanium screw that is surgically placed within your jaw bone following an extraction or in an area where a tooth is missing. When a tooth is removed, over time, the bone begins to resorb three-dimensionally. Over time the bone resorbs both in height and width, making it more difficult for implants to be placed later on in life. This becomes particullary difficult in the posterior lower jaw (because there is a nerve - called the Inferior Alveolar Nerve - that runs through the jaw) and in the posterior upper jaw (because of the proximity to your sinuses) When the bone resorbs, there becomes less bone available over these critical structures, for implant placement.
As for whether they will hurt your gums and bone, the answer is NO. Placing implants will actually help to prevent this resorptive process. Your bone actually fuses to the implant through a process called Osseointegration. They only get loose if they fail (and the average success rate for implants is between 95 and 98%) Teeth get loose because they are surrounded by a ligament which has some flexibility, implants do not have these ligaments, they are fused directly to the bone.
There are risks to getting implants because it is a surgical procedure, but your dentist can best explain these to you based on which location they are planned for. Make sure that you have them placed by a well trained professional.
Costs can range greatly for implant placement, from around $750 to over $2000, depending on who or where you have them done. However, there will be an additional fee for the crown and abutment (post) that will need to be placed on top of the implant.
2006-10-05 12:01:39 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. Jon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have implants and it doesn't hurt your gums or cause a looseness because the implant is imbedded into the jaw bone. It bonds so tightly to the bone the implant cannot move at all. Natural teeth have a give when biting into something where a crown on a implant will not have the same "give" But it is a wonderful alternative to missing teeth but if you can save your natural teeth there is no comparison to the feel of ones natural teeth.
2006-10-01 14:11:38 · answer #2 · answered by Skeeter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish I could afford tooth implants. My osteoporosis is eating my teeth away slowly. I have had two break off at the gum line, and two more are ready to go at any time. The cost where I live is $2000 each, and this is the cheapest price.
Implanting teeth actually helps to keep your bones and gums healthy. And it prevents your other teeth from loosening, because they are prevented from shifting out of position.
If you also have a receding bone problem like mine, they can rebuild the bone up with a bone substitute so your gums don't recede from your teeth, further loosening them.
Getting the implant as soon after the extraction as possible is the very best thing you can do for your mouth.
2006-09-30 12:04:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Implants are best if you need to replace missing teeth. They are very expensive. Money well spent in the long run. If you are missing a tooth and don't put in an implant the bone goes away. That is why often older people that have lost teeth have caved in looking faces. I have 4 implants and am getting a 5th. The tooth loss had nothing to do with poor dental habits
2006-09-30 11:40:39 · answer #4 · answered by mary texas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
without seeing xrays, it is not common to appreciate what the subject of your mouth is. Did your dentist recommend dentures as a cheap determination, or is there different factors at play right here? Why not implants, or bridges? Time for a 2nd or third opinion. Do you have any injury to the bone stucture? Gosh, i'm fairly dumbfounded that dentures are your basically determination. PLEASE circulate see somebody else, see whats accessible. convey alongside a cutting-edge set of x-rays with you, your dentist would desire to offer you a replica, all you have yo do is ask. I desire you each and every of the superb, and that i desire which you're recuperating out of your twist of fate.
2016-10-15 09:28:03 · answer #5 · answered by quinteros 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well the price, and is going to be uncomfortable for a couple of days but you will be fine, your are not going experience lose - ness feeling.
Plus is the best treatment when you want to replace your teeth, it lasts way longer than other procedures.
2006-09-30 12:44:05 · answer #6 · answered by Nif 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋