Dental Work carried out on 15/3/2016

Hi All, I though you might like to have a look at what happened to my teeth on Tuesday 15/3/2016

Before, in this photo you can see the Teeth I have had all my adult life, 2 of the front ones have been deteriorating lately, as a result of root canal work completed 25 years ago. You can see the temporary patch the dentist applied about 5 months ago to stabilise the teeth after I broke one eating an apple.

Same thing, slightly different angle.

First the dentist aneathetised my mouth (most painfull part, feeling the needle going in), then he cut the temporary patches off, then he pulled out the dead teeth

yes, quite a hole in my mouth, I can tell you it feels weird! also makes it hard to talk.

then he installed a temporary plate in my mouth with 2 false teeth on it, and yes that is a big chunck of plastic in my mouth

the end (temporary) result looks like this:

Almost identical to what my mouth used to look like. Now and I am re-learning how to speak, so, if we catch up on the phone, bear with me, I have that big chunk of plastic in there and no i am not sucking on a lolly!

Lucky for me this thing was only temporary, and came out after 8 months, when the permanent implants were installed. The timeline was:

1. The gum healed for 4 weeks
2. The gum was cut, holes were drilled into the jaw bone and used the strengthen the jaw bone via a bone graft, then Titanium tech screws were installed in the holes. The bone was allowed to grow strongly around these screws implants, which took 4 months.



3. the bone density is tested, and when strong enough the gums are cut again and the final crowns are installed. Then the implants were screwed into place and the heads covered witha filling and a week later polished.

The whole process lasted for almost a whole year.

Richard

Started 16/3/2016