3 Implants – Two Failed, Synthetic Graft Sinus Repair for $12,000

Here is Dave’s experience with implants that he was kind enough to share:

$12,000 spent on 3 dental implants in Xenia, Ohio. Two upper left. One upper right.

One stayed infected and fell out. Currently one of the other two has loosened up. The first failed implant should not have been done in the first place. A synthetic graft had been done earlier. That surgeon had to remove a tooth broken below gum line by another dentist attempting an extraction.

The surgeon used a synthetic graft to repair a sinus hole at the top. He said that type of graft would not allow for an implant. The other surgeon was told this but decided the bone was good enough. The second implant that is failing always had mild biting pain. The bite was adjusted but the pain came back. It has taken this one over five years to fail but it will soon fall out. It gets looser everyday. Probably get a cadaver graft to repair the hole and build the gum up. Going to get a partial which I can take out and clean. The implants have a space under the crown that tends to hold dried sputum, requiring flossing and mouthwash all day.

My wife has three successful implants in lower jaw with no problems. All from the same surgeon who is competent and equipped with all the latest tools and education. Is a surgeon that up till now have had successful procedures.