Surely if they cannot get cavities, they are superior?
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As someone with two implants: they’re expensive. If my teeth hadn’t been knocked out I would much prefer to still have the real thing.
Worst part is the feeling, or lack of thereof. Implants are screwed into bone so there is no give/flexibility like with teeth. It’s worth saving you own teeth as long as possible.
I’ve had double implants – right front molar and adjacent tooth – for 20 years. They feel different when tapped with your bottom teeth or your fingernail but otherwise are identical to real teeth. I’ve had zero maintenance or hygiene issues – I treat them like regular teeth. I was lucky that my gumline is not visible when I smile – apparently made the whole process way easier/faster.
Just completed a year-long process of getting “all-on-six” both arches or full mouth(?) implants this last January. Two biggest drawbacks (and really not that big a deal, I love them) is I really have to exaggerate enunciation in order to not have a “shh” sounding “S”. And I still have trouble with sensing exactly how close or far my front teeth are when I bite into food. No feeling. Molars strangely feel like my real teeth though.
If I had to do it over again, I would.
Aside from the other good points here there is the very simple point: GETTING implants sucks! The process of having smth screwed into your bones just isn’t super fun. So if you can avoid that… that’s a solid argument all other factors being equal 😅
When they don’t take! I’ve had three failed implant surgeries in the same spot and it’s just a bad time.
As someone with 5 implants I can say I’m really happy with them. They aren’t supposed to last ‘forever’ but one set of two implants hit their tenth year this year and are still as they were when they went in.
I got used to them real quick and they’re like normal teeth but in some ways feel stronger.
They are fixed to bone, while your own teeth have some movement in their slot. Imagine car wheels are fixed to drivers seat without any suspension.
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