Pam,
I had a consult with a good oral max surgeon over this issue.
He said he wanted to do a bone graft first. He would also use cadaver tissue.
This would set for about 3 - 4 months.
Then he felt he would have enough bone to work with.

The however is, the drilling a hole in the bone, and putting a huge screw in.
That is the issue I see for us RSD people.

My surgeon is going to check with another surgeon that has more experience with RSD and has researched this issue. So I will know more next week.

This is major surgery for us with the RSD. I found other sites that people with RSD had implants put in, but they were in pain and were looking for help.

I just had a lower moler pulled and it does leave a gaping hole.

The surgeon did mention that tooth buds were going to be available soon.
Sounds like a 'seed' is planted and the tooth grows!!
That sounds a whole lot better !!