To give some idea what a Dental Implants looks like heres some of the photos..
Tomorrow morning (Oct 2, 2008) I have a schedule for my tooth surgery called Dental Implants. Dental Implants is effectively a titanium screw surgically inserted into the jawbone to eventually act as a replacement root for the missing tooth. It has a screw-like threaded external surface and an internal hollow well with screw threads. Sounds really scary uhh!? Dental implants are a great alternative for people who are in generally good oral health that have lost their teeth due to an accident or have lost a single tooth or teeth due to peridontal disease. Single tooth implants like what I have for tomorrow actually rely on your other teeth for support so they can be a tooth saving solution in many ways.
According to my Periodontist it takes about 3 to 6 months before it heal up or the artificial root screw will totally attach to the jawbone, sounds really long for me, but thats the way it is. No choice! Hearing about the screw in my mouth forever, makes me more scared cuz I really dont have idea how it feels like as what the normal teeth is. As what my Perio says that Implant is a permanent it will last about 15 to 30 yrs or forever if u really take good care of it.
It's been a week that I feel scared and nervous about it. I always shared this strange feelings to my husband and to my mother in law but to get over and dont worry about it. My husband and my mom always encourage me and talk about how good my Periodontist and how good this implants to my health. The main reason why Im candidate on this procedure bec. I had a missing single tooth in my lower second molar and need something that can support some of my other teeth to avoid shifting or got crooked that caused to had a brace for about a yr and now that my brace were off . It's the time to get a better implants. Which I really dont like cuz I know it's very painful after, though they will put me into IV-sedation or like half asleep and cant feel anything pain while doing the surgery but still im scared on those huge injections. Other than that its really painful in the pocket meaning its way expensive it cost a thousands of $$$ for one tooth. I told my husband if I can back out but he really dont want it. He said now that I'm almost get over it Why to surrender? I got a 9 days off from work starting today, so hopefully after those rest day of surgery I feel get better and back to work and make money again..lol..
Wish me luck tomorrow guys and hopefully my surgery will doing fine.
