Hi Bryanna,

I was a root canal queen before! I had 12 root canalled and crowns in my mouth for the last 20 years. Last year, I finally got the courage to pull them out. I thought I don't mind wearing dentures. But things didn't work out quite well. Since extraction in last June, I have been wearing three sets of valplast partials, which are supposed to be biocompatible. Unfortunately none of them fitted well, they make my gum so irritated and hurts here and there. Now I'm in the process of making a traditional cast metal denture. I hate put a metal in mouth, but this is my last resort, otherwise I have no choice but impants.

My questions is, is doing implants the same way of harboring bacteria in jaw bone, hence also put great risk on health and immune system? Especially in my case, my dentist said I need at least four implants in upper jaw and two in lower. I'm so scared to put so many metal posts in my jaw bone. Is that another good way to kill myself?

Thanks!