Tooth implants. Advise please.

While i was in Budapest there were adverts for implants at around £600-£700 each. Even including flights and accomodation you could probably get three for £2,500.

Thank you for that advise, MMM, I really appreciate it.  The problem with travelling, though, would surely be one of time.  As I understand it, the process is in three stages with gaps of several weeks in between.  I couldn't fly back and forth as I work and have a family.

I had some dental work done (not implants) in Budapest, at Kreativ Dental, all I can say is they were superb.
Don't have time to give details right now, but take  look at their website...

http://www.kreativdentalclinic.co.uk/?kdcpc=search&gclid=COa2rL_f0sACFVDKtAodKygAXw

there you will find prices, type of treatments etc, timescales etc. etc.
gl.

Thank you very much John.

I was once told, albeit by a dental surgeon, that the problem with implants abroad is that they often use lower grade titanium.

As it's just 3 teeth, have you not been offered the option of a bridge? This would be much cheaper. Unlike dentures a bridge stays in, and there is no plate.

i need some work done too. 6 grand for 3 teeth? wonder how much that works out to an hour - overheads.

ive heard someone else mention the eastern europe idea. sounds iffy to begin with but if it's endorsed and by people you know... sounds like a good option.

Thank you SF.  The gap is too big for a bridge apparently.

I had a 3 gap filled with a bridge. The downside is the filing down of perfectly good teeth to support it. Eventually though it does deteriorate. That said, how about 1 implant and a bridge which incorporates it?

btw I need implants too, I hate having to have a denture. thing is, even abroad I'd be talking 5 figures

I'm really depressed about it.  I've been offered the option of interest free payments over three years, but £2000 a year would mean we couldn't have our family holiday so that's not an option as we have kids.

To be honest I didn't take in what the dentist told me very well after the £6,000, I was a bit in shock.  Apparently, though, a bridge isn't an option for some reason.  Just implants or dentures.

I've only just realised a funny thing - my dentist IS Romanian!!!!!!

I can't understand why that might be, torq. Unless they're right at the back, bridges are a simpler and cheaper option than implants, though not as cheap as dentures.
Just for peace of mind mate, and to make sure he isn't trying to get you to spend a fortune, ask another dentist for an opinion.

There are dentists around, unfortunately, who are in it for the wedge. A bit like Vets. But there are some good ones too.

It's three of my front teeth that have gone.  It was an accident but nobody's fault but my own.  The two teeth either side are also damaged but saveable.  Maybe the fact these are damaged is why the bridge option is a no go?

Thanks for the advice anyway.  Good night then.

I had a similar situation. I broke my front 2 teeth as a kid, the crowns eventually became posts and crowns, the a few years later a gap and bridge, then I accidently kneed myself in the face (a, don't ask and b, I was more supple then), and broke the supporting teeth, so it was posts and filing and a 5 tooth bridge (over a gap of 3) then finally, I can't remember if it was a 3 or 4 gap, tbh, but there were certainly damaged teeth and posts holding it up and I do remember being told there was no way I could have a bigger/longer one. All of it hurt less than the many loads of root canal treatment, apisectomy, etc etc I've had.
It can't hurt to ask the q.
Whatever happens good luck.

Bridges don't last forever so eventually you have 3 choices - dentures, implants, or embrace your caved-in face look. My bridge broke recently (2 teeth gap) so they offered me dentures or implants. Dentures sounded horrific for a young handsome fella like myself so I asked about the implants - 2 feckin grand per unit, 4 grand it would cost me. Not to mention I'm terrified of the whole process - drilling holes in your jaw bone !  In the end I was offered a partial denture. It's small, doesn't have a plate, and completely invisible to everyone else. But I wish I could have implants.

A friend of mine got his done for FREE at a Dental School.

just tried to knee myself in the face!  lol... how did u manage that and with a force to damage some teeth.  haha. 

are you jimmy hill or jay leno or one of these?

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=men+with+big+chins%3f&id=9469F475E119082C863F0026F9AE22EFFE61F459&FORM=IQFRBA#view=detail&id=6C2FACDA03D933F316493C290FDCC843B0B20287&selectedIndex=3

Someone I know lost 4 teeth (2 front top & two front bottom) when he was the victim of an unprovoked assault on a night out. He also had his gum shattered. Took two years of extensive dental treatment including a bone graft, a gum graft and 4 implants. The cost quoted was £13k when he priced the job up privately! But as he was a victim of crime he applied to the hospital and they carried out the work for free. He had partial implants for two years and it definitely affected him.

The thing is his dentist recommended the private route and didn't even know the dental work could be done for free in certain circumstances. So I would say shop around but with 3 teeth going abroad may not be that simple as it could involve a lot of trips. If they tried to do the work all at once the quality could be compromised and you would be back at square one in 10 years.

The assailant got 6 months community service btw!

It's crazy, almost like there's collusion on price. The materials can't be all that expensive.

iirc one of the horsey forumites is a dentist.

There are dentists around, unfortunately, who are in it for the wedge.

Know four people who have had major dental work done in Thailand, all satisfied and greatly impressed.

Costing an average 20 to 30% of "Austalian prices".

6000? Take the whole family for a holiday

Give the Birmingham School of Dentistry a ring,as the mighty mac has stated if you can obtain a referral the treatment would be free.

I'm right in the middle of having 3 implants done - a long drawn out process, looked into it at start of year, had the surgery in middle of June - its a serious job too, took about 2 hrs and it wasn't comfy. I've just had them exposed and apparently the first part was a success - I'm going back 4 weeks today to get the implants in. I had no choice either, problems with nerves on back teeth on lower side of each side of my mouth, one side could have been done with a bridge but would have impacted the next tooth. Decided to bite the bullet and pay £5,200 - I'll come back once its done and let you know how final stages went, and whether I reckon its been worthwhile - can understand reticence with cost - have heard good and bad about overseas, in the end, I sorted a way of paying and decided to do it just down the road. Good luck

Get the false teeth.  Don't waste your money on the vanity of inplants. My Dad had all his out when he was 40 he looked fine....and there's the added bonus that you can take them out and entertain the kids....but don't leave them down the side of the sofa like my old man....not too good when a guest sits on them.

My uncle lost two sets of false teeth,he used to come home pished at Week End's go to the toilet to be sick and his gnashers would disappear down the Loo.

My uncle lost two sets of false teeth,he used to come home pished at Week End's go to the toilet to be sick and his gnashers would disappear down the Loo.

My dentist recently asked me about having a tooth implant , think they cost a grand.

I had an abcess in a tooth which was taken out at the hospital in my 20's ....25 years on the tooth gave up the ghost and fell out.

I got a denture ,and recall the first time I tried it , I felt claustrophic and light headed .
Now I forget it is there ,and to be frank it looks better than any of my real teeth ....so I doubt I will be spending a grand.

Implants really is a better option than anything else. Without a tooth there your gums start to recede and die off. Eventually your jawline shrinks and you look like a bloke with no teeth.

Implants prevents this happening. I need three - two on one side and one on the other and plan to get it, but at the moment other things are financial priorities ahead of it.

I damaged my front teeth when I came off my bike when I was young.

One of them as a crown fell out a year ago. I went to private dentist and he fixed it back in temporary and it lasts approx three months each time before if falls out again. Three times I have been back, and he charges 30 quid and fixes it back in. Told me implant would be approx 2.5 grand but to shop around. Problem is he doesn't do them.

Gutted cos he is top friendly bloke and as someone said, drilling into the jaw and everything else will hurt like hell.

As I said, I keep going back paying 30 quid, as I have no idea what to do.

I could find the cash, but the hassle of finding nice dentist and all the treatment just worries me to death!

Looking at the cost of implants and if the cost is an issue right now, (not to mention drilling into the jaw !), why don't you try the other option of a denture first - likely to be better going to a private place to get it done.  Mate of mine had a denture with 2 teeth for years, I didn't know until he told me recently, says he uses a bit of poligrip to keep it in firmly and they all look like his real teeth.  But didn't get it from a NHS dentist.

It sounds a lot of money but in the grand scheme of things its worth it.Wearing a denture is a nightmare whatever age you are. I trawled the net looking for a good implant guy because so much can go wrong (this was 10 years ago) I eventually found a dentist who was just brilliant. It took a year and 10K that I could not afford but I rate it the best money I ever spent.