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Loose front Tooth - Implant looming

  • 19-08-2012 6:32pm
    #1
    nettlesoup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42 ✭


    As the title of this thread states I have a loose front tooth which I expect will fall out in the coming weeks or maybe days. The tooth already had a root canal many years ago and has a crown so I doubt it can be saved. The tooth is upper front right number 8.

    I plan to get an implant and I have few questions.

    Where the tooth is being lost is it a particularly difficult part of the mouth
    to place an implant? I heard it was.

    What make of implant should I hope to have a placed?

    A big concern I have is who I should get to do the work. My own dentist is not a specialist in this procedure but does do implants. Most dentists seem to offer implants now as far as I can see. Is it important that I get a dentist who is a specialst ?

    Any advice welcome from people who have had implants.


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  • #2
    cloneslad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭cloneslad


    nettlesoup wrote: »
    As the title of this thread states I have a loose front tooth which I expect will fall out in the coming weeks or maybe days. The tooth already had a root canal many years ago and has a crown so I doubt it can be saved. The tooth is upper front right number 8.

    I plan to get an implant and I have few questions.

    Where the tooth is being lost is it a particularly difficult part of the mouth
    to place an implant? I heard it was.

    What make of implant should I hope to have a placed?

    A big concern I have is who I should get to do the work. My own dentist is not a specialist in this procedure but does do implants. Most dentists seem to offer implants now as far as I can see. Is it important that I get a dentist who is a specialst ?

    Any advice welcome from people who have had implants.

    I got an implant in upper left number 9, the one right next to number 8.

    I think I may have the Bicon design, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

    I wasn't told it would be particularly difficult, or no more so than you should expect from such a practice being performed.

    My dentist has a big enough practice, but he doesn't do implants, he said they aren't particularly difficult to place, but that they take a lot of skill to get right and to be able to manage any problems that may arise from it. He has someone who comes over to his practice every month to place implants, and provide that sedative some people like to get.

    My dentist then does all the after care, placing of crown etc. The guy who placed the implant reviewed my progress on an on going basis too, to ensure everything was going okay and no problems were occurring.


  • #3
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Don't worry about the type of implant, so long as its not some eastern European clone job. Any good implant clinician will use good implants.

    Its a one off job so make sure its don't by somebody with a lot of experience and training in implants and their restoration.

    http://www.specialistdentistry.ie/treatments-prosthodontics/treatments-dental-implants-01


  • #4
    nettlesoup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42 ✭nettlesoup


    Thanks for the replies. My tooth is still hanging in there.

    I just want to correct a statement I made in my first post when I said most dentists seem to offer implants now. It implied they did the implants themselves even though they were not specialists. After contacting a few dentists what I found out was that the dentist works with an Implant specialist who places the implant and once the implant is done and successful the remaining part of the procedure is done by the dentist. Before contacting them I thought they were doing it themselves.


  • #5
    paddyh117
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 404 ✭✭paddyh117


    Hi - I got that exact tooth replaced with an implant a few months ago - it can be a good thing that the existing tooth is still in there, because it may be possible to get it extracted and get the implant in the same day - that's what I got done, and it saves time, and pain i'd imagine! :)

    I got it done by a practice in South Dublin, whom I could not recommend highly enough - they will give you great advice and give you an exact breakdown of what it will cost - they are very professional and friendly

    I assume I can't say who they are on here, but if you want to know just PM me and i'll send you details

    Best of luck


  • #6
    blackvelvet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭blackvelvet


    I also got an implant in a lower tooth approx. 3 years ago. I would be very cautious about who does it, you want it done right day one. I too went to a practice in South Dublin who specialise in implants and I couldn't recommend them highly enough. I was extremely nervous and dreading it but I didn't feel a thing and all of the staff were so nice. In this particular practice, one dentist places the titanium screw, it needs 3 months to take to your gum and then another dentist fits the tooth. Best of luck ;)


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  • #7
    augustus gloop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 810 ✭✭✭augustus gloop


    paddyh117 wrote: »
    Hi - I got that exact tooth replaced with an implant a few months ago - it can be a good thing that the existing tooth is still in there, because it may be possible to get it extracted and get the implant in the same day - that's what I got done, and it saves time, and pain i'd imagine! :)

    I got it done by a practice in South Dublin, whom I could not recommend highly enough - they will give you great advice and give you an exact breakdown of what it will cost - they are very professional and friendly

    I assume I can't say who they are on here, but if you want to know just PM me and i'll send you details

    Best of luck



    now maybe im wrong but an extraction followed by an implant will take months! they will have to drill into the jaw bone, insert a post, let the gum settle around it and then fit the implant


  • #8
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    augustus gloop wrote: »
    now maybe im wrong but an extraction followed by an implant will take months! they will have to drill into the jaw bone, insert a post, let the gum settle around it and then fit the implant

    You are correct but in some circumstances the implant can be placed the day of extraction (immediate placement) and in others the implant can be loaded the day of placement (immediate loading). It depends on the situation and the comfort of the surgeon doing these procedures. There are no rigid rules regarding implant therapy.


  • #9
    augustus gloop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 810 ✭✭✭augustus gloop


    oh ok my apologies


  • #10
    paddyh117
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 404 ✭✭paddyh117


    as stated, mine was extraced and immediatley implanted - i still had to wait the 3 months for the implant to "join" to the bone before the tooth was fitted onto the implant, but it was put in straight away, and covered with a temporary bridge (or crown) forget what it's called.

    your dentist will be able to advise if it's possible/recommended, as obvioulsy every case is different


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