| Re: Implants vs dentures vs implant dentures
The pain is tolerable, but it is very expensive and the process takes a year or more to complete. An implant generally costs about $1000. It takes 6 months to a year to fuse to your bone. Pulling the teeth was harder than having the implant screwed into my bone. I have 6 implants, waiting to be uncovered, in my upper mouth. Once the implants are there, you don't feel them. Then, you have to decide if you're going to crown the implant, treating it like an individual tooth, or, sometimes, dentists will create an overdenture or bridge, for multiple implants, depending on how defined or thick the gum ridge. It is a lengthy process. I've decided to do it, because I'm young too and am not ready for dentures. With implants, even if you have an fixed or removable overdenture, which is fitted over the implants, you'll still have an open palate. I'd get more than one consultation, and, generally, a prosthodontist will do the best work. Good luck.
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