I had my post installed today for my future implant tooth. I had cracked a molar badly and there was no saving it. For the past several months, I’ve been missing one; waiting for the bone graft to heal. Today was phase two.

It was easy going but traumatic simply from the sounds! Drilling, digging, tapping. Being a shade tree mechanic, I knew what was happening in my mouth. He had to actually back it out, retap and send it down deeper. He said my bone was very robust. A good thing.

It was incredible. He lost me at the stitches. His hands were moving so fast. I was crossed eyed trying to keep up. Afterwards I asked questions and confirmed the procedure. In four months I go back and he tests it with this tiny tiny tiny torque wrench! Today, he ratcheted the post down w a mini wrench.

Zero pain now. I’ll keep it clean and avoid nachos. I don’t expect trouble.

I wish I could go back in time and tell my young punk self to stop chewing ice and biting on hard things. Grrrr.

The worst part of today was the wife and I met her brother and they had a delicious lunch. Me, I sipped water and tasted blood in my mouth. Hahaha. Good times!

4 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

chewing ice

I hear you brother. I had a root canal and crown a couple years ago. I had visions of the me drilling out broken screws and plugs out of a jet engine. Price of having plenty of birthdays.

I got to the 2nd line of the 2nd paragraph, then I was like NOPE! I didn’t read the rest. 🤣

Well, I could write a book on implants. After an annual trip to my regular dentist, I woke up one morning and one of my front teeth had turned sideways in my mouth. My dentist sent me to an oral surgeon who discovered I had a hidden gum disease. He was afraid we were going to have to operate and rebuild my sinus cavities. Luckily they caught it in time but as a result, I had to have all of my upper teeth removed and replaced with implants. While I am totally happy with the outcome, the procedure was long and difficult. My oral surgeon was awesome but as you stated, the process was almost midieval.

@Darth-Baiter Hey darth, i had 3 molar implants done in 2022, there are 2 ways to put the crown on, dentist uses glue which if you ever have a problem with the fixture which is buried in your jaw or the abutment which is held onto the fixture with a screw and then the crown glued onto the abutment, the crown may have to be broken to get it off the abutment.

Glued on also is less stable and may move as I had a glue on come loose and he had to break the crown to get it off the abutment.

My dentist then went the better? but more expensive way, he ordered a new crown at his expense that has an access hole drilled into it where the screw goes through the crown, through the abutment and screws into the fixture and torqued to spec, and then once in they just cover the hole with epoxy so if ever a problem with fixture, abutment or crown they just drill out the epoxy and then unscrew your crown and abutment.

Now beware that the screw ins can also come loose as mine did and was rattling around in my gums and it finally fell off in my mouth. Dentist had to grind my gum tissue down to get the crown to set deeper and more snug, yes it was like grinding hamburger and painful for over a week as he also set the crown back on that same time so the gum tissue would heal around the crown. He then torqued it down past spec as he said he learned its more secure than spec. I lost 10 lbs of weight that 10 days i couldnt eat as my gums were raw. I am including a pic of my tooth that fell out as it unscrewed itself.

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