Comments | mmcirvin: Tooth implant update #3: the screw goes in

mmcirvin

Tooth implant update #3: the screw goes in

Jan 16, 2013 22:55

A week ago, I went back in for the latest phase in my dental implant surgery. This had been originally scheduled for tomorrow, Jan. 17, but they gave me the option to pull it back about a week; I guess a hole opened up in their schedule, and maybe I'd seemed to be recovering well from my October bone graft when they took the sutures out in November ( Read more... )

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surferelf January 17 2013, 14:07:34 UTC

The last time I took CoTylenol, Sting stepped out of the television into my living room and we had a nice chat.

rfmcdpei January 17 2013, 14:20:42 UTC

As someone who'll be doing similar things shortly, it's good to hear that it worked for you.

mmcirvin January 17 2013, 16:05:42 UTC

Well, I'm not all the way through it yet. We'll see how it goes.

If you need a bone graft, expect two or three weeks of somewhat uncomfortable recovery from that. You'll feel a lot better after the stitches come out. The subsequent stages seem to be less trouble.

kate_nepveu January 17 2013, 16:09:14 UTC

Woo. That is a process. Glad it's going well.

mmcirvin January 17 2013, 16:29:45 UTC

Thanks! Some practitioners seem to do this in fewer steps over a shorter period of time, but this guy (and my dentist) express disdain for that. The length of the process also depends on the situation, which tooth it is and the geometry of the bone; sometimes they can put in the bone graft simultaneously with the screw, or go straight to installing the exposed abutment. I seem to be getting the super-long version.