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Originally posted by dave w
OUCH !! How much .....That must of HURT!! |
Not really...
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I had the bolt fitted about 5 weeks ago under local anaesthetic. They make an incision into the gum and "peel" it back to reveal the bone where they place the implant.
I had the root of that tooth remove about 10 years ago - the dentist had been drilling it to fill it but without realising he weakened it. I woke up that night after hearing a loud "crack" but didn't think anything of it. I then realised that my tooth was wobbly - I'd managed to split it at the root, so it had to come out.
Anyway, because the bone had collapsed into the void left by the root, he drilled a pilot hole and then I had 9 taps of the hammer to split the bone. While conscious.
No it didn't hurt but it wasn't very pleasant!
The dentist then matched up a M3x8 (seriously!) implant core and put it in with a ratchet socket set.
The gum is then put back over and stitched in place - I needed seven in total - and left to heal for six months.
The bone grows onto the titanium to give you a perfect base for a false tooth.
Apart from the taps with the hammer and the clicking of the ratchet socket, it wasn't too bad at all...
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So it's actually fixing ten years of problems I've had with dodgy fixes and patch-up jobs to something caused by a cr@p dentist in the first place.