If perhaps for financial reasons I change my mind and do not end up receiving the two, planned dental implants, what is likely to occur in the jawbone area where the socket was filled in? What if I get partial dentures instead, or just don't do anything at all. I need an awful lot of expensive work and might decide to cut costs somewhere; spread it around differently.
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Definitely.Bone starts to shrink the moment the tooth is removed. These situations are very difficult to manage, but invariably a bone graft and soft tissue graft will be required to build up the site and enable a proper implant placement. As far as the reason for wanting an implant? Did th...
Pressure from finger used for examination (no matter how hard it may be)doesn't damage the bone or bone graft. Your body did not take up the bone graft and the area is occupied by granulation tissue ( inflammatory tissue)and so even a little pressure might have triggered the...
Dear khanhly:I can understand that you are very upset that your bone graft procedure might not have turned out as successful as you were hoping.However, any grafting procedures, especially bone, and especially in the anterior (front) area are subject to major resurption. Most grats loose...
