ahuangd...@gmail.com wrote:
On May 27, 11:22 pm, "Pete" <p...@nospam.net> wrote:
le huart wrote:
I have never used a 1 piece combination abutment/implant. Nobel
Biocare makes one and it is supposed to be used for areas like the
lower incisors.
Your dentist talked about 1 piece implants he did not talk about 1
stage (i.e. 1 surgery visit) implants. Go to Straumann.com and
Zimmer.com and compare the implants.
Thanks Huart...I went to both sites and couldn't find anything
specific (by searching "single stage" and "one stage". No need to
respond anymore. I think the one piece combination is also a 1
surgery visit (its obvious by what I wrote before). I will ask the
dentist about one piece versus one stage when I see him. I think
they are kind of the same thing.
I will post a new post about all this when everything shakes down.
If the damn torus doesn't get better, there will be no implant. I
can't wait to hear what he has to say about the stitches, that he
will not be able to remove because they are gone
.
You have been very kind, and I thank you again...Pete
Pete:
Le Huart and both Dr. Steve have given you great
info......Here is the Bony spurs phtos you can look at after lower
molar extraction............
http://www.docere.com/MessageBoard/thread.aspx?s=2&f=173&t=81886&r=12...
I think implants are great.......You must get an experience
restorative dentist to plan and design the case....Then an experience
and skillful surgeon to place the implant at where the implant need to
be at......Restorative and surgical goes hand in hand..........Implant
is now restorative driven, not surgical. There are plenty of GP can
can place and restore implants. But few can truely replace the success
of team approach implant dentistry.
Best wishes...........Albert
Thanks Albert...I already have enough usernames and passwords, and I don't
want to go through another registration process right now, but I would have
loved to see the photo. I do not understand what you mean by I must get a
"restorative dentist" to plan and design the case. That is the first
mention of that I have received in here (you are the fourth dentist to reply
I believe). With all due respect that sounds like total overkill and just
kind of further makes me want to forget the implant. Hell my regular
dentist is an experienced restorative dentist (and so is the laser dentist I
am going to now, who also does implants and torus surgery- he better be, he
is 53 years old).
I thought all dentists were restorative dentists - ie that is what they do
for a living. Do you mean a restorative dentist just for implants - if you
do, then I am sorry but that is overkill. I have been to approx 75 doctors
in my life (with not much to show for it), and I can not make a big deal out
of this. I will either let this guy do the job or forget it. Hell I could
spend $200 a clip getting a bunch of consultations and I would still never
know who would do the best job. The best referral is by word of mouth and I
don't know anybody like that, and this doctor is the only "quasi" oral
surgeon (I told you his boss is an oral surgeon) that takes my insurance (my
insurance at least covered the $800 torus surgery). He has been doing laser
assisted implants for six years now - that is good enough for me. I know my
insurance will not cover the implant, and I will have to pay for that in
full - approx $2,600 for implant, abutment and crown.
But I certainly appreciate your comments. This is a great group and all of
you are very kind to volunteer your time, and I appreciate it very much.
Thank you again...Pete- Hide quoted text -
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