Bone Graft and Implant?!


Question: Bone Graft and Implant!?
I recently found out that I have very bad periodontal gum disease and I'm in need of a implant on my front tooth!. The periodontist said that I lost a lot of bone in that area and a bone graft would need to be done!. He stated that he would remove that tooth, put a bone graft on it and in 4-5 months do an implant using my same tooth!. In the meantime I would have a full gum cleaning and scaling to get rid of the infection and give my gums time to heal before doing an implant!.

If anyone can explain to me how this process is done!. My dentist tried to explain it to me but he didn't break it down in laymen's terms!. Will I be without a tooth for 4-5 months while my gums and bone graft heal!? My dentist said I wouldn't be without a tooth but how is that possible if they extract the tooth!? Will I have a false tooth put in!? and how painful is this process!?

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Answers:
In laymans terms its like this
They cut your gums open, lay some cadaver bone material where the missing bone is, wait the designated time for the grafted bone to fuse with your existing bone then insert a titanium screw into the bone, wait another month or two for the screw to fuse with the bone and then finally place the crown over the screw!.
Be advised - it's surgery!. Make sure all precautions are followed, sterile environment, etc to minimize the chance for infection!.
While everything is healing you can be fitted with a device called a flipper which holds a fake tooth and sits in the area where the tooth was extracted!. It's removable so you only have to wear it when you go out!.
Also be aware - this is an expensive endeavor!.
Total cost will probably be somewhere in the neighborhood of
$6,000!.00!.
It's not too painful more like discomfort than pain and time consuming!.

Did he discuss a bridge or did he go straight to the implant route!? If you can do a bridge it would be much faster and less expensive!. It's possible the surrounding teeth can not support a bridge!. In that case your only alternatives are full denture or implant!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

This sounds like a big job!. It should probably be done by an oral surgeon rather than a general dentist!. You should get a second opinion!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

It sounds like it hurts! Get ready!Www@Answer-Health@Com





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