Implants and anaestethic

batman75

I have been told by my dentist that he doesn't see the point in doing further work on my teeth as they are in such a state of decay. So basically he is recommending full mouth extraction. Followed by two full 12 piece implant bridges. This can all be done on the one day with the permanent crowns fitted 6 months later.

I'm looking at about 28 extractions plus the implants. Costing around 40k with 36 subject to 20% rebate. Does anyone know how much a general anaesthetic would cost. Obviously I would get local anaesthetic in the quoted price. Not sure I can go through all that without being knocked out.

I don't want to go abroad incase of complications.

embraer170

Did you get a second opinion from another dentist?

How much work has been done so far for the dentist to now say he doesn't need the point of doing further work?

Strumms

I had implants with local. It’s a piece of cake. I had the same worries as yourself but when he’s working you feel nothing, like as if your dentist is in someone else’s mouth..

dental_care

How experienced is your dentist? It's better to go for a second opinion, maybe you'll hear something new!

As regards “general anaesthetic”, there’s a difference between that and sedation, the latter much more commonly being used in relatively straightforward dental procedures. Full general anaesthesia used to be more commonplace but it’s not commonly used in dentistry as it requires intubation and ventilator and a full surgical team.

Sedation is sometimes offered at an extra cost of several hundred if patient is particularly nervous etc, and many people fall asleep during it, or are so relaxed they are amnesic of experience afterwards.

The full implanted set of teeth is a very reasonable option where there’s a huge amount of work to be done, but as another poster says, a second opinion might be no harm before proceeding.