I have been reading a lot of stories of failed implants. Ns bone grafts. i just started the process and had a complicated sinus lift and 2 implants put in upper rt yesterday. I want to know if there are success stories …and if we face more challenges in future. just vvv nervous reading all the struggles
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I think that, by far, MOST implants are success stories.
I also had a complicated sinus lift, and all has gone smoothly for me.
You can very reasonably expect very good results.
Mike C. I only need one implant and this group really freaks me out sometimes lol
Julie M. 😉 yeah, dentistry can be a touchy thing to ponder
Mike C. more like makes me need a xanax sometimes just reading some of these posts/comments! 😅
Julie M. y Amen to that Xanax
I had 4 upper bone grafts and 2 sinus lifts and 4 implants, all is well a year later.
Girl yes , I got 7 post , sinus lift , bone graphs and go back in august for my finals ! No pain at all just had swelling and 2 bruise !
I am also concerned about the implant failure rate. Not that you can entirely trust online reviews, but it is pretty suspicious that the dental entrepreneurs who advertise they are experts and have performed many implants over years have so few reviews.
Research indicates that dental implants will eventually fail if placed in bone that is infected or inadequate.
I think the trend of extractions and instant implants in the same visit tend to have the highest failure rate. I will be having extractions, bone grafts with abutments in one visit. But will not receive my implants for another 6 months. My oral surgeon has explained to expect an 18 month process from beginning to end, before I will be able to put pressure and chew normally on implants. I will have temporaries as I wait for the initial surgery to heal, then the implant surgery to heal. Then I will receive my implants. I think the one and done way is too traumatic for many to be successful.
Dana O. Thank you!! 💕
Dana O. I’m sure you’ll have many come to disagree with you about one-and-done 😅 but I’m also doing mine in stages- having needed bone grafts, tissue graft and maybe a sinus lift. It just feels right to me to allow optimal healing time to ensure the best final result- and also more opportunity to tweak what my final teeth will look like since this is expensive and forever. Its also enabled me to PAY in stages!
Jacquie M. it is much cheaper for me to do it this way. The cheapest one and done I have been quoted was $19,000. The most expensive $52,000. However, doing it this was and working with an Oral Surgeon and Prosthodontist, my insurance is picking up a fair amount and my total out of pocket will only be $7000
Dana O. wow! what ins. do you have?
Thank you for sharing this!
12 implants, no failures
Rachel J. wow! Great to hear! Can you chew normal? Do they feel like real teeth?
Julie M. I can chew and eat completely normally. No cutting up things that people with natural teeth wouldn’t. I can bite into apples, bagels, pizza, carrot sticks, you name it.
As for whether they feel real, they don’t feel any different to me than when I had bridges on my natural teeth.
Sinus lift bone grafts implants fail- and again sinus lift bone grafts implants fail- – for me i believe there was not enough time for the bone to grow as I had bridges over teeth that were extracted many years ago, also i never stopped losing bone chips after the grafts- my maxillo facial oral surgeon was wonderful and feels as bad as I do over the failures– everyone is different and I wish you the best of success!
Lynn G. omg I am so sorry
Lynn G. so what was the solution then for a missing teeth ?
Marta M. I would love to know too
I feel the same way. The more I read in this group the more my anxiety goes through the roof. Surely not everybody has issues with implants right?
Julie M. no, but it’s the same as reading internet reviews. Most people don’t flock to the internet to talk about how smoothly the process went. It’s when we have complications that we want answers to that we’ll log in for the most part, so you won’t find a ton of the positives in these forums.
Here’s an article which may help. Generally, failure rate is about 5%, and is greatly impacted by certain medical issues:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16161741/
I think generally that one of the big issues in the dental implant space is objective data about the types of implants, and who does them. it is exceeding difficult to make informed decisions with such lack of actual data.
Jeff W. , here is the FULL article you linked above.
http://medlib.yu.ac.kr/eur_j_oph/ijom/IJOMI/ijomi_20_569.pdf
NOTE ^^^^ Jeff W. comment immediately above.
WHY GUESS about failure rates…..????!!
When we can Go To the DATA from the scientists and researchers, you know them, the folks who put a portable computer in your phone, and a roving laboratory on Mars, and provide the data-based research that informs cardiologists and brain surgeons about what their patients need.
Or, ….you can Guess or you can what some people FEEL the Failure Rate must be,
YOUR CHOICE.
Here is another study on Failure Rates.
” Private Practice Results of Screw Type Tapered Implants: Survival and Evaluation of Risk Factors ”
http://coimplante.odo.br/Biblioteca/Tabagismo%20e%20fatores%20de%20risco/Private%20practice%20results%20of%20screw%20implants%20-%20Mundt%20et%20al.pdf
I had a bottom tooth done with an implant and bone graft. So far so good 1 year later
Charlene B. how long was the process
Vihangi V. less than 6 months.
Charlene B. Ok 👍
I had an implant on a back molar. No issues except dry socket. It was 3 years ago. It took 5 months from start to finish. $8,000.
Hope it lasts.
Having an extraction wed🙏🏻🙏🏻and graft. Praying it all goes well. It’s the front tooth 🤢
I had a gf who had infections. The first week and had them fail. Had the rod pulled out. Good luck.
Dot F. so glad to hear the molar went well? Any pain now? Did you have to get a bone graft?
Praying all goes well Wednesday!! Any idea why your gf had issues? Did she have them replaced after they failed?
Julie M. I did not need a graft on my molar. So far all good! I did have trigeminal n. Pain a few months later. I had a few flairs. But it all stooped a year later. I’d never do another implant if I wasn’t happy. I have a resorbed front tooth and it’s ugly and dark. I can’t wait to have a beautiful tooth again. 🤩🙏🏻
Julie M. no pain at all now!
Dot F. that’s so strange about the trigeminal nerve pain! That’s a huge fear of mine. Which molar was it? Was it the second one close to the nerve?
Julie M. no my gf did not have them replaced. Her infections were within the first week after she had the post put in. She had a fever and bad pain. She thinks it’s her immune system. We both have Lyme. Mine isn’t so hot either.
Julie M. the ct scan shows it’s. Not near a nerve. It was the very last molar on the bottom.
Julie M. I know I’m worried about that with my front tooth.
Julie M. the pain has 100 percent gone away. I also have bad tmj
Julie M. just make sure you go to a really good surgeon that you trust.
Dot F. its my second molar too, and my tooth had such long roots it was about 2 mm from the nerve canal.
Julie M. no problem for a good surgeon. Just go to one that does tons of implants. I’m going to a different dr this time but same practice. I didn’t even know about the problems the first time.
Dot F. good luck!! Keep us updated!!! All will be fine
Julie M. here’s something else to consider……..I’m older then you. When I had the tooth pulled it effected the shape of my face ☹️☹️☹️. No way, I’m too vane for my face to have that hollow look. It helped with the shape of my face. It will eventually effect the top tooth
Julie M. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Julie M. I read my surgeon is great with difficult cases. The worst for me was I got dry socket during extract. It was more painful then my double mastectomy when I had cancer years ago!
Julie M. I thought the extraction was worse then the implant