Dental implants All on Five - Louisville, KY

It's been a couple years and still I tell people over and over that I would do it all again. I get a lot of compliments on my smile and the fact that I can eat anything hot or cold with no pain is amazing.

It's been almost a year and I have to say all this has been well worth it.
I did not go cheap, I was not looking for a bargain. I was not willing to fly to Las Vegas or Mexico for cut-rates. The cost was about $70,000 plus $5000 for full sedation through three procedures. I didn't want to fly 3000 miles for this when my dentist's office was 15 minutes away. They're available 24/7 and I get to hang out with the most wonderful people. They listened to my concerns, gave me what I wanted and delivered. This is not a process one goes into lightly. Most of this was paid for working 12 hours a day.
Your teeth are pulled. All of them. To do this awake was unacceptable. Thank you, Denttiva! I never knew a thing!
So, ultimately, the first surgery in March 2016 to remove all my bottoms, drilling in the bottom implants and set the temps. I've had the bottoms for 10 months. They also removed all but four of my top teeth. I loved this setup. No solid food for three monhs, but worth it.
Second step was drilling in the top implants August of 2016. Same teeth top and bottoms. Minimal time to heal.
Third step was removing the four remaining top teeth. This step was wiggy because my top temps are acrylic and I quickly snapped off the back molars on each side. Bread! Seriously!
But all good because we're at the end... I had the wax try-in last week and this temporary set I'm expecting this week before we go to Hawaii is supposed to be more durable. It's a prototype, so not the final perms. They don't even look like they belong to me yet, but they're adaptable. I'll have I've over two,weeks to figure it out.
Will post photos as I go along.

So, today is the 11th day and a lot has happened. I went back for a followup on Thursday and am healing really nicely. I did have a stitch that ran diagonally across the right side of my palate and was really irritating and causing soreness when I ate and of course my tongue would find it and it made things worse. Dr Wayland snipped it - what a relief!

Eating has been fine. My hubby grilled steak a few days ago and I ran my filet through the Nutri Ninja. It looked like dog food, but was absolutely divine! I miss crunchy things, but really not feeling deprived.

Brushing very gently and losing stitches. Four came out last night, three along the top and one on the bottom back. There's a tremendous feeling of looseness there. The rest of the bottom still feels tight so I'm hoping as those stitches dissolve, that'll take care of the tightness in the rest of my mouth on the bottom.

I've decided to adjust the cost as I go along. The original treatment plan was almost $69,000. Yes. I choked, too. The first part, what I had done on 3/22, entailed extraction of all bottom teeth and five implants, one on each side in the back and three spaced closely where the front four teeth are. Additionally, all but four teeth were pulled on top and a full bridge put in.

The cost for this first phase was initially supposed to be close to $26,000, but wound up to be $20,480, close to $5,000 less than we were expecting. This included all extractions, bone grafting top and bottom, five implants, and top bridge and bottom temporary appliance. It did NOT include $2,220 for eight hours of IV sedation.

I'll update the cost as I go through each phase. I'm really pleased so far. I'll have the top implants done in four to six months. I don't expect the cost for this phase to be quite as much as the first phase. I do expect to use the IV sedation again which is a separate cost, and probably won't be as lengthy; maybe four or five hours.