FULL REVIEW All on 4 Implants at Golpa Implant Center New Location in Dallas 36 Yr Old

My goal here is to write about my total experience getting the All on 4 procedure/G4 implant solution at the newest Golpa center in Dallas. I've been interested in this idea since I first heard of it but still had some okay teeth and could not afford it. The name "Golpa" came up over and over again during the years of on and off research.

I spoke to a lovely person named Andrea on the website's live chat. She was very sincere and did not come off pushy or like a salesperson. She had the procedure herself and gave what I felt like was an honest review. She mentioned that the Dallas location had just opened and had limited time special pricing for $29.5K for both arches.

At first I was hesitant. I kind of felt like I might be a guinea pig for the new center but she assured me that the doctor in charge has trained with Dr Golpa for 5 years and was actually one of the doctors who performed her surgery. I'm still feeling a little weird about it honestly. The LV center has sooo many reviews as does Dr Golpa himself, but this place is very new and not much info is out there. In the end, the fact that I'm terrified of flying and just have awful travel anxiety all around made the decision for me. Dallas is less than 1/2 the travel time of LV for me. Put that with the lower price and I made the choice.

I booked my appointment and put down my deposit yesterday. It's a deposit of $5K which holds your surgery date, makes sense to me since they devote so much time to each patient so I wasn't annoyed about that. I booked my trip today and it was about $800 for 2 people to go for 3 nights. I will be arriving on Sunday, surgery and consultation on Monday, bridge on Tuesday, and leaving Wednesday afternoon.

Right now I am just feeling insanely nervous. I'm going back and forth on whether I should've gone to LV and hoping this center is just as good. I'm glad they could get me in so soon! If I had to wait months I think the anxiety would drive me nuts.

If you're interested in my dental story, keep reading. Otherwise I'll update soon!

I have always had bad teeth. My enamel just flakes right off and I grew up very poor and didn't see a dentist for probably 17 years. When you don't get to see anyone little problems turn into big ones. A tooth that might've needed a small filling now needs a root canal and crown. As a single mom in my 20s I never had the money to do the proper treatments. Usually the tooth would just be left until it became so painful that it had to be extracted (I sure didn't have 2K for a root canal and crown). I have had so many infected teeth over the years. The pain is unreal. My teeth break easily because of the weak enamel and I never know when I might just bite down onto a piece of a tooth.

I came upon a dentist who really helped me and did some fillings and crowns for only the lab fees. This probably saved me from dentures for the last 6 years. However, so many had to go that I am down to only one spot where I can chew which is on my back left. The bottom tooth cracked a few weeks ago and when that tooth gets removed I will have no more back chewing surface. I realized it was probably about to be time for dentures and had 3 consults. Every dentist told me about how much I'd hate dentures and how my bones would diminish (which is already starting to happen on one side) and my face would change and eventually collapse. They all recommended implants at a cost of $40 to 60K.

The thing that drove me crazy was how JUDGMENTAL every single one of them was. Look, could I have put more time into caring for my teeth? I don't know, probably, but when you can't see a dentist and don't really know what's going on it's hard to treat at home. What I do know is that now is not lecture time. This is the situation I'm in and I really don't need to hear about how much happier I'd be with my real teeth. Yeah.... I know that. Obviously. On top of that they shrugged off the cost like it was no big deal. "It's an investment in yourself", "Think about your health!", "It's no more than a new car". And I get it, teeth are a big deal, but if you don't have the money to invest then hearing that stuff isn't helpful.

We are financially stable but certainly don't have a spare 50K laying around. i figured it was hopeless. We ended up taking a loan from a family member. Now I know that I am extremely lucky to have someone in my life who had the resources and the willingness to help. I know that not everyone will, but if you have someone who might be able to help you and you're in a desperate situation , you never know, so ask! Until that offer my plan was to save up and try to go to Mexico. I really didn't want to go out of the country but hey, desperate times.

When we had the money secured I started doing real research. I cannot live with a denture, seriously, not even for a few months. I would actually just go toothless. Turns out that almost every "Teeth in a Day" advertisement is false. They almost all require a temporary which may or may not just be a denture and is usually ill fitting from their patients stories.

I kept seeing Golpa over and over again and barely a single bad review. When I heard about the much lower pricing and watched all the videos on youtube (and I do mean ALL) and read every review I could find, I decided to book. I'm hoping and praying that the new location lives up to the reputation of the LV one. Someone has to take a chance and I guess it's me!

Hey folks,

I had my surgery on 7/24 and have kept a full video diary including day of surgery on youtube. I tried to be as open an honest as possible about all the good things, bad things, surprises and disappointments. It would be a ton to type out so you can see it all on my youtube channel!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqjEJWLrgbmY7Aeb7pnqpg

Pre op and post op pics
Check out my youtube channel posted in last update for the full story.