Hi Bryanna,
Thank you for your advice !
I have just returned from my consultation with the periodontist who would like to perform the dental implants. I was armed with MANY questions.
His reasoning for only waiting 4 months after removal of all of my teeth to implant surgery is : I have so much bone loss that he is afraid of going too long after removal to implants. I know that once you remove all of your teeth, your bone shrinks because your body sees no use for the bone without teeth. He stated he doesn't want the bone to shrink to the point that the implants wont "take". Seems to make sense I guess. We have planned another meeting in 3 weeks with my regular dentist to be there as well. I would like to press this issue further as I am concerned with 4 months. Thoughts??
After the implants are in.. I agree with waiting longer than 3 months for the bridgework restoration. At this point I will have the implants in to help reduce the bone loss.. so why not wait !! He was "open" to longer wait time on this.
His experience with full mouth : This is a MAJOR concern for me. His office has been doing implants for close to 20 years. Himself I believe 10 years, and his partner 20 years. He has personally done many "all top" or "all bottom". He has never done an entire mouth at once. RED FLAG for me !!!!!!!!! His answer to this is that he never finds people have the $$$$ to do this full treatment. Yes, it is expensive. However, no one else has ever been in my shoes ??? I am VERY worried about this. I do live in a large city in the midwest. These are seasoned and well recommended periodontist and dentists. I was VERY surprised to hear they have never dealt with FULL MOUTH dental implants.
My worry is now to find someone that has. I plan to make the rounds in my city to see who has.
Should I be calling periodontists?? Prostidontists?? I don't trust in trying cosmetic dentists?? What do you recommend? I would be willing to do out of state for $100,000 worth of work... But would feel so much better having them close in case of problems.
Any suggestions would be appreciated ~
Lelo