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That is so hilarious. The US delivered most of the weapons and bombs which have been used in a mass murder (I don't want to use the G word some members here tend to get blood pressure problems when reading it) which is taking place since almost one and a half year and has led to almost 50,000 people, most of them women and children being unalived ( what a stupid word), the destruction of entire blocks and land robbery which is still taking place every day. And now with a straight face they seriously are criticizing Thailand for deporting a few people?? that's impudence on a whole new level

Dear Bob, as much as your story is entertaining, we both know it's partially if not totally made-up. The question is how much time passed between the Spanish dentist telling you that the cavity in your tooth is not urgent and the day you walked into that clinic in Thailand. So how much did you Fast forward? Several months or even years? No dentist will give you 5 injections In a row; he will always ask for the numbness after the first one and if it does not happen within 5 minutes, then and only then give you another one and if it's really necessary even a third one but that's it as there is a limit to how much you can inject in a certain area. If you really got five of them, there is a high chance that it was you that farted, as with that amount it is inevitable that some of it gets into the bloodstream and turns other areas numb - in your case unfortunately the sphincter muscle. There is absolutely no way that you paid 55.700 Baht,- for a tooth extraction. Even in case of a complicated surgery with cutting the alveolar bone and removing the tooth piece by piece and done so in the most expensive hospitals in Thailand it would not cost even 10% of the price you named. I know what I'm talking about. I am in the same profession like the lady, who tortured you, and by now for more than 35 years. And as much as you are suffering from a very vivid fantasy my curse is my helper syndrome, which will benefit you right now. this is no joke and nothing but a pure professional advice: aside from alcohol and tobacco and physical activity there are some foods, that you should avoid at least a few days after your surgery: coffee, tea and yes, dairy products so stop those milkshakes. Most importantly, COOL that area. Take 2 small hand towels, put one on your cheek, where the tooth has been pulled out and the other one in your fridge and exchange them every 30 minutes. Most patients underestimate but this is the best thing you can do to avoid a hamster face Get well soon! And by the way, it was most likely not your tooth, who betrayed you but rather you betrayed your tooth. Treat the remaining better by visiting the dentist in time. Never forget. You have only one set of teeth for all your life. Sharks can grow teeth back - we can't. Before I forget it. If the sign outside that dental clinic looked anything like that, it wasn`t one and there is a high chance, there might be another reason for that fart.

Look, I have read quite a few posts from you, especially in the political sub forums and I think you are one of the most reasonable members in here, so I'm not trying to oppose or criticize you and maybe I'm just missing something. But in the recent years when they started with that TM 30 thing Hotel receptions must see your passport and check your legal stay in the country so they can complete TM 30 by presenting your data to the local immigration, which they must do by law within 24 hours. Some hotels might not be very serious about and some might accept a copy or a photo on your smartphone but from a strict legal point of view the guy had to do that by checking your passport and that of your friend too. It does not matter who did the booking for how many people. According to law the hotel must complete a TM 30 form for each and every foreigner who wants to stay at their place. If the Foreigner refuses to present his identifications, the hotel staff actually is obliged to inform the authorities.

Maybe you did, I mean insult her ancestors. You wrote that back in the day you have been treated much nicer then on this occasion and I assume that back in the day you did not speak Thai but in English to them. As much as they appreciate it, when we show respect towards their country and culture by learning the language yet there are some obstacles. Look, I speak read and write Thai and I know quite a few people who are much better than me but still I never met a person, who learned Thai after the age of 30 who would pronounce it correctly. As easy as their grammar is as difficult it is to use those five tones together with short or long vowels properly. I give you an example. In January 2020 I was invited to the international Congress of implantologist which took place in Chiang Mai. After the lectures the professors had invited me for dinner and as I had just arrived from Germany asked me how it was over there. While answering them I also mentioned that huge amount of snow, that had been falling in those few days before my flight and it is usual in our language to emphasize something by speaking the word longer than usual like "everywhere I looked every building every car everything was full of snooooow". They suddenly broke down in laughter which I didn't understand first but later that evening when some of them asked me to repeat that story especially the part about the weather and every time I did they laughed again, I got suspicious. Long story short snow in Thai is HIMA and it is very important to use a short "i" and a short "a". Change that into long vowels and snow turns into the genitals of a female horse spoken in gutter language AKA horse c***. So again maybe you did insult her ancestors.

Never mind. Happened to me before. I don't know why. Yet, I have never heard a Thai person asking a Thai professional, who is offering his services in a foreign country, why he should choose his service over any other local service provider.

You shouldn`t! If you have really been to my place, then you probably have visited my website and seen my diplomas, and therefore would know about my 35 years of job experience, about all those international professional medical societies I'm an active member of, not to mention me being a recognised expert of implantology in Germany, the US and in Thailand and as mentioned before the only foreign dentist with “a licence to drill” in Thailand. You would have noticed, I am treating patients too. Actually, I am working full time doing most cases, especially the difficult ones which require full mouth reconstruction, bone surgery or implants, while my Thai colleague, who has more than 20 years of job experience is more into tooth cleaning, periodontal treatment root canal treatment and dentures. You would have noticed that our equipment and the materials are all German products and therefore liable to the strict German laws MPL (medicine product law) and the German law for medical equipment (MedGv). Did I mention, that we offer a five year guarantee in Thailand and in Germany? I would love to go more into details but that would take too much space, will probably be boring for the other members and is most likely against the forum rules which do not allow any kind of free advertise. However, the only thing you noticed, was our German speaking receptionist. So maybe for you there is no advantage in using our clinic as you “did not see a big difference to any other clinic.”

And I`d love to provide an informative response, but to what question?

Savage? Sure. But stupid? I don´t know. Look at Hamas before Oktober 7 and now. They replaced their lost fighters with new recruits and have the sympathies of much more countries than before, besides Palestinians are seen as the bravest and most resilient people in the world fighting against one of the best trained and equipped (plus backed by the last super power) armies on the planet, with only a few AK 47 and some out of date rockets, while the global reputation of Israel is in free fall not to speak of their economy.

As two BMS clicked the “confused” emoji I`d like to clarify: The guy who runs that place is German. But he is not a dentist; he is a dental technician (for more detail see my post above). He hires Thai dentists, who work for him at his place.

I took a few pictures for you today, for a better understanding: This is the implant in the jaw, perfectly healed in with healthy gum this is the screw retained crown with the screw the crown will be put on the implant and fixed to it with the screwdriver and the cavity will be closed with a white filling (nano composite) (too white this one, I changed it later, I chose the color for the pic so the filling is more visible Now if this little screw is loose, which an experienced dentist can diagnose from the way it is tilting, all he has to do is to remove the filling and tighten the screw and close the cavity with a new filling. Altogether not much longer than 10 minutes. But if the complete implant is loose, well then you can say, I am screwed, because you have to start the whole thing from the start or you or live without the tooth.

The OP asked for a quality dentist and not for a dental technician. In order to become a dental technician, one also has to finish junior high school and become an apprentice in a dental laboratory for 3 years. The job profile of a dental technician is basically the production of crowns, bridges and prosthesis with metal, plastic or ceramic, nevertheless dental technicians are not allowed to examine, diagnose, advise or treat patients, neither in Thailand nor in the Western countries! A dentist, or better DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery), had to pass secondary school, which takes 2 to 3 years after high school, with an university-entrance diploma and study in a dental university for many years. This university studies include general medicine and dental education and covers all dental sciences like surgery, filling therapy, endodontology, periodontology, prosthetics, etc.. Besides, a DDS is obligated by law to do further education regularly. Only licensed dentists are allowed to examine, diagnose, advise and treat patients!

Here is my advice being a dentist for almost 35 years: the only downside of amalgam fillings is their appearance. Amalgam fillings are not made of mercury, or at least not of mercury alone. It is mercury which is chemically connected to silver but also a little bit of copper, zinc and tin, and therefore is a completely different thing than mercury alone, which, yes, is poisonous. I give you an example: Sodium is an alkali metal, which if in contact with skin may lead to severe chemical burn injuries. Swallow it and you will die. Same goes for Chlorine. And yet we eat both of them every day because once chemically connected it becomes table salt. However freshly inserted amalgam fillings still release a small amount of mercury, which did not bind to silver or the other metals, which is swallowed and as the body has no transport mechanism for mercury, meaning it has no mechanism to absorb it into the bloodstream, it normally leaves it through the natural exit of our body. This may happen in the first six months after you got that filling. Mercury becomes dangerous if you inhale it as it can get into your body via your lungs, that's why dentists always use the water cooling and a high power suction unit to protect you and themselves from inhaling mercury while they are drilling out old Amalgam fillings. So my advice: keep them as long as they are functioning and get composite fillings with nanoparticles in case they have to be replaced.

Please specify: Is the IMPLANT - BONE connection loose or the ABUTEMENT - IMPLANT connection? Sometimes difficult to diagnose. Both are partially shaped like a screw. If the implant is loose, all you can do is extraction, if the Abutment is loose, it may be possible to tighten it.

Please specify: Is your implant loose or is it the abutment. If you're implant is loose and therefore has lost its connection to your alveolar bone, there is not much you can do. A dentist will have to take it out, wait for some time, and then maybe insert another one. The abutment is normally fixed on the implant with a screw. It's job is to create a connection between implant and the prosthetic, which could be a single crown, a bridge, a removable denture or whatever. The next question is how your prosthetic, assuming that you have one, is fixed on the abutment. If the abutment is loose and your prosthetic is glued on it, then again it might be tricky as you have to remove the prosthetic first before you can tighten the screw. If there is an easy access to that abutment, it can be tightened within minutes. But here is the next problem. Which company is your implant manufacturer? Worldwide there are more than 1,000 implant manufacturers and each and every one of them has its own implants, abutments and tools and unfortunately they are in most cases not compatible to each other meaning with a screwdriver from company a you can't tighten a screw from Company B. If you know your implant manufacturer the best thing you can do is try to find out it's local dealer in Thailand, give them a call and ask them who is the next dentist working with their system. To your second post. There has never been a British dentist in Thailand. They may have been a foreigner working for a Thai dentist translating or consulting his patients There is only one foreign dentist who passed the Thai Dental board exam which is mandatory in order to get a work permit and work in Thailand as a dentist. And he is not a Brit. By the way, you are talking to him.

Your frustration is understandable; maybe I can offer some explanation: but before I do that, being an employer in Thailand myself, just a few remarks about labor law in Thailand Most Thais don't even have an employment contract, so practically if they want to quit, they just don't show anymore and that's it, which is quite comfortable yet not the reason for the lack of the contract. It's mostly the employers, who do not want an employment contract with the employees as it gives them a lot of rights and benefits: labor law protects them, they have a vacation entitlement, starting with about 15 days per year, have the right for paid OT, after working hours and get even more for that on the weekend, not to forget health insurance. By law the notice period is 30 days, so both sides can quit the contract by telling one month in advance. In real life the employees can just disappear and there is not much the employer can do about it. It is possible to agree on longer notice periods, so if you really want to know the truth, ask her for her employment contract. If it says 60 days, she has been telling the truth yet failed to inform you in time. If there is no contract, she has a notice period of 30 days by law but as mentioned, if she just doesn’t show anymore, there is nothing her employer can do about it, except not paying her wage for the rest of the month. Now back to your “failed” communication: There are 2 huge obstacles, which will always make a free of misunderstanding communication quite difficult: 1. Sex she is a woman, and men and women will never speak the same language. Just to give you one of many examples: Husband and wife are driving on a highway, when she spots a service station and tells him, in case he is hungry they could stop for a snack. He answers that he is not hungry and keeps driving. Sometime later he realizes that her mood has changed to the worse for reasons, he has no idea of. He, being a man and therefore always communicating very directly understood her suggestion, that they could stop for a snack in case he is hungry and assumed that she isn`t, as in that case she would have told him from the start. She, being a woman and therefore always combining communication and emotion was trying to tell him, that she would like to have a snack and at the same time remind him, how much she cares for him, by asking if he is hungry and now understands his reaction, that he does not care for her in the same way she does. 2. Culture Anthropologists differentiate high context and low context cultures. In Low context cultures, like Northern Europe, The US or the UK direct verbal communication is needed to properly understand the message being communicated and it relies heavily on explicit verbal skills. People communicate more directly by explicitly stating what they want to communicate. High context cultures like most African or Asian countries exhibit less direct verbal and non-verbal communication utilizing small gestures and reading more meaning into these less direct messages. They prefer harmony and well-being of the group over individual achievement and tend to be more aware and observant of facial expressions, body language, changes in tone, and other aspects of communication that are not directly spoken. I am far from being an expert for high context communication but growing up with four women (granny, mother and two sisters) was quite helpful to understand Thai people. For example, I was at some office with a friend, where he asked them for a certain service and the Thai employee answered “Khit gon”, which means, “I`ll think about it.” Later I asked my friend where he was going to get that service. He answered: “I`ll wait for the decision of that guy first before looking elsewhere” “But he refused already.” “Didn't you listen? the guy said, he will think about it.” “Which is a clear no.” “No, a no is a no and a “I'll think about it” is not.” It was. This may be the reason why so many of us think, that Thais are dishonest, sneaky or even liars and cheaters. I am not saying all of them are 100% honest – I mean, we talk about Pattaya, the largest brothel of the world - but it wouldn't surprise me, if in many cases the message just didn't get through. Maybe she was trying to tell you that out of some personal reasons she did not want that job but she also appreciated your efforts and obviously caring for you she did not want to disappoint you so typical for her culture she did it between the lines and with respect and consideration for your feelings but you just didn't get it forcing her to make up a story about some two months notion period. And you on the other side would not have put so much effort in finding her a job if you would not care for her but now interpret her behavior as mendacious and see her as a person who cannot be trusted, which understandably hurts you a lot as I can clearly read from your posts. Buddy, for me it is absolutely clear that you both feel a lot of affection for each other maybe even more. Don't be that stubborn Farang. Ask her for a meeting, swallow your anger as it only results from misunderstandings due to cultural differences, therefore is unfounded and talk to her with a low and friendly voice, explain her, that you would be happy, if she takes that job but would not scold her, if she doesn't and that it would be very helpful for your relationship if in the future she would talk more directly to you as you are coming from a culture where this is the only way of communication. Yet I also read between the lines, that you are very motivated to get her into that job in your friend’s restaurant and - forgive me if I'm wrong - it sounds to me like you want to get her out of some other job and into one, where you can control her. So that in her free time ahe is with you and when she is at work she's under observation while you are free to do, whatever you want to - I guess you know what I mean. If that's the case, all I can tell you is, don't even try. In these things they are always much smarter than we are.

Do you believe that die IDF is commiting murder and rape in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank more or less everyday since Oktober 7?

Try to stand in front of a white wall with nothing else to be seen except your face. Never had a problem.

Assuming your lady is hot so that you want to perform the good old "mattress sport" at least once a day, and even if not, at least her "garden of joy" is reserved for you only, that's 10 Million divided through 7300 (365 days x 20) = 134,- Baht per ride. I mean, I don't know, I am not a native speaker, but I always thought the expression “story of my life” is usually followed by a description of a yearlong streak of bad luck. 134,- Baht for some hottie keeping the bed warm for me every night sounds like a very good deal. Just kidding man, I have been married, for 17 years and I wish it was only 20 million I lost. And as she didn't want the divorce in order to keep her cash cow she sent me a bullet in a little envelope a few days before the court hearing with a little letter stating “if you don't withdraw your divorce petition, the next bullet will not come in an envelope.” I went straight to my lawyer showing him the letter with shaky hands. “That is great” he said with a smile “keep that as evidence” “how is this great?” I answered. “Well, if you get shot, we know who did it.” “Great, I feel so much safer now.” “Told ya”

And what happens then? She will find the next gullible guy and suck him dry. That's their game: Meet – greet – cheat – repeat! The saddest part for me is what I read between the lines of the OP, especially between the last two lines: Danny is not here to take legal action and get his money back. Danny wants her back.

Thanks God those foreigners who take a girl out of the bar, promising her eternal love , would never even think about cheating on her with another bar girl.

@spidermike007 criticized Israel indirectly by writing “finally Israel has done something beneficial …” and is accused immediately as being ungrateful, disgraceful, bigoted and anti-Semitic and even when he informs us, that he actually is a Jew and his comment was not meant to be anti-Semitic but only to criticize the actual government of Israel, he still is ridiculed and confronted with a “proof” that Jews can be anti-Semitic too. I'm not interested in partaking in this discussion, but what happened to “what makes you think that Israel hasn't been doing anything beneficial in the last years?” or “can you prove this statement?” or even prove him wrong by giving counterexamples? Is that all what is left from respectful discussions where we would use arguments based on facts and proof and at the end of the day maybe even agree and if not, at least understand the position of our opponents? Anti-Semitism is rightfully criticized but if you nip any discussion about or criticism of Israel in the bud by screaming “racist” or ”anti-Semite” you are actually creating anti-Semitism which makes you part of the problem.

Guys, show a little compassion. Most likely he had just walked out from the family court after the divorce from his Issaan wife, who is looking for another perfect future-ex-husband right now.

You have to understand that the problem is not you or the product you ordered, it is the customs. They are well known for that. About 10 years ago, when I was arranging my dental lab, which produces all the dentures like crowns, bridges, dentures for my dental clinic in Pattaya, I ordered a milling device from Germany. The price was something around 8000,- €. I had done my homework and knew that any medical device used on humans needs a special import license, but this was a milling unit which clearly was not used on the human body. It fabricated telescopic crowns which would later be glued to human teeth, but no direct contact between the milling unit and the patients. I don't know the actual regulations but at that time all you needed was a certificate of free sale from the manufacturer but no import license for medical devices. So I got the certificate and the manual and an additional letter from the manufacturer, had all that translated in Thai, notarized and certified by the Thai embassy. And I did not choose one of those big shipping companies but a smaller and much more reliable one called SCHENKER. And my contract with Schenker said “door to door service”. Guess what? Customs kept it anyway. Reason: that was a machine used on the human body and needed an import license. No matter how many times I showed them my certified and notarized documents, they said we do not believe it. I told them to unpack it and show me how it could be used on a human head or teeth. They refused. Of course, they knew I was right. They just didn't care. I told them to send it back. They refused again. They told me, if I could not get that licence, they would keep it for some time and then sell it on some auction. I said, then why don't you sell it to me directly, just name your price. Guess what? They refused again, laughing and telling me that whatever happens to the device I would have to pay for the storage, as long as it stays with customs starting from day one since they keep it. I was devastated and had nightmares of me paying for that storage until my very last day. Well sometimes God really works in mysterious ways and the whole problem was solved by coincidence, although my late mother used to say there is no such thing like coincidence. Trust me, more than once things happened to me in Thailand that made me think, maybe she was right. However, being a German dentist in Pattaya I know a few businesspeople and one of them used to invite friends for dinner in his villa every Friday. It was 2014, the military had just taken over the country and most big companies had sent all their managers and CEO's back home, leaving only the less important employees behind. And one of those guys left behind by his company was that handsome young man sitting next to me with a pale face scared for his life as he was sure it will come to a violent end in the next days. “Aww” I said “is that your first coup? Yes, that's bad. In these third world countries you never know when this happens but as soon as those revolutionaries have won, first thing they do is execute all their opponents and after that they will torture and execute all foreigners from countries which were good friends with their opponents”. He stopped eating as he had lost his appetite and stared at me. I continued: “Well, you might be lucky though, maybe some warlord thinks you are pretty and keeps you as his personal mistress”. Everybody else burst out in laughter while the poor guy looked more and more miserable with his jaws dropped. I said “buddy, you're in Thailand, things work differently here, there will be some mobs, a few fights maybe even a few people get shot, but not intentionally more likely because of collateral damage and that's it. That's how they do it here and they do it all the time. So don't worry, no need to write down your last will or say goodbye to your family just relax and enjoy the show. And besides, you're lucky, as you will have a story to tell. You're not the one with problems.” He looked at the others, everybody was nodding, and he relaxed instantly. “What bothers you?” He asked me and I told him the whole story about that very important lab device and my problems with the customs. “Which shipping company did you use?” “Bloody Schenker” “Well” he answered “then maybe both of us are lucky today because as fate would have it I am the last manager from Schenker, who is still in Thailand and I have a good friend at customs, or better a friend with a taste for good wine. You will have your device by next week.” I had to pay for a few bottles of expensive wine plus 30,000 baht storage fee for three months But finally got my milling machine. So my advice, thank you for reading my long story by the way, to you is: either you know somebody, who knows somebody at customs or if your wife has a certain level of education and is not afraid of authorities, she could talk to them, show them how much you paid for that device, convince them that was a single deal and you won't do it again and somehow agree on a reasonable price. Do not go by yourself. They don't negotiate with Farangs. I live here for some years, I speak, read and write Thai on university level, they still would never negotiate with me in such situations. If that doesn't help, consult a lawyer who again could talk them into some deal or at least tell them to destroy (aka keep) the device so that no further storage fees will have to be paid by you. Doing nothing might result in very expensive fees and never forget they are one of the most powerful authorities in the Kingdom.

Another point left out, which came to my mind after reading a few of the last posts: "would love to live in Pattaya, but just can't because of wife/family/lack of money/ mama does not let me out of the basement so to feel less miserable I belittle others who actually can by accusing them of being whore mongers without even knowing their life circumstances".

I may be able to share some insights: First of all, it might not be the best idea to leave a gap, caused by tooth extraction, untreated. The lack of visibility especially in the molar area is without doubt a point, but keep in mind that teeth are not only there to give us a charming smile, but they also have a function. And while the incisors and canines are there to bite chunks of food off the premolars and molars have the job to chew it and make it swallowable and digestible. Now the loss of one molar might not seem to be very tragic but there might be unpleasant consequences: The adjacent teeth might tilt towards the gap, causing a small space between them and the next tooth which again might lead to food impaction and future periodontal problems and bad breath. They might even tilt so much over the months and years that they have to be extracted. The antagonistic tooth might grow into that extraction gap causing the same problems in the opposite jaw. Not to forget, that we might automatically and without realizing it start chewing mostly on the other side which will sooner or later lead to problems in the TMJ (temporomandibular joint) and before we know it we suffer from head and neck pain and swallow tons of painkillers ruining our stomach or liver, depending on the kind of painkiller, believing that we are suffering from a migraine never realizing the real reason. About implants: implants replace the roots of natural teeth. They are mostly made of titanium or ceramic and the difference between them is the ability to “osseointegrate”, which means to stimulate the bone to grow on them. Implantologists use the terms primary and secondary stability. The primary stability comes from the outer taper of the implant which is designed as a self-tapping screw and which allows the implant to stay in the bone without any mobility. This is extremely important for the growth of bone on the implant as bone only grows when there is no mobility, otherwise you get connective tissue which is useless when it has to withstand chewing forces. Once the bone has grown on the implant surface, which takes about 6 to 12 weeks, the implant stands firmly and strong in the jaw, (= secondary stability) and is ready to withstand chewing forces for many years. Now here is the difference between those many implant manufacturers: the strength of the bond between bone and implant surface dramatically depends on the design of that surface. It took scientists many years until they found out that bone does not grow on precious metals and also does not grow one smooth surfaces, they have to be a bit rough, Now there are many ways to get the surface of a titanium implant rough, like etching, sandblasting, light bow and so on and depending on the concentration of the acid you use, or the granulation when you sandblast or the energy of that light bow and the time you expose the implant to the process, you will get a different kind of roughness. And there is such a thing like the perfect roughness. The big companies with the huge funding did years and decades of research until they found it and they guard that secret same as Coca-Cola does it with their recipe. The smaller and cheaper companies produce only copies of those implants which look exactly like the originals but not if you look at them in the microscope and definitely not when it comes to Osseointegration. Unfortunately, it might take years before you know it. Now let's say, the implant has perfectly grown into the bone, and you want to get your supraconstruction, which can be some kind of denture or a bridge or a single crown. Depending on what kind of supraconstruction you need you will get a different kind of abutment, which is some kind of intermediate piece and will be screwed into the inner taper of the implant. Here comes the next catch: the longevity and durability of your super construction depends on the precision of the connection between abutment and implant. Again, to my experience, cheaper manufacturers use cheaper ways of production and as everybody knows the more precise your product has to be the more difficult it is to manufacture it. Many of those companies will give you statistics saying that after five years 96% of their implants are still in the jawbone of their patients. True. But what they will not tell you is that only 75% of the dentures or crowns are still in their patients’ mouths. Another thing that you must know before getting implants is that every implant manufacturer has its own tools and parts and sizes and there is no US standard or DIN norm, meaning you cannot use the screwdriver of manufacturer A to fix an abutment from manufacturer B which again will not fit into the implant of manufacturer C. Why is that important? Well, imagine you get an implant with a single crown on it, and everything goes well. Years later you lose one or more teeth next to that implant and now you want to use that implant to fix a bridge. All you have to do, actually not you but your dentist, is to exchange the abutment by another one which is made for bridges and fix that bridge on it. But what if your implant manufacturer is just a small local one in your home country and does not distribute worldwide but you live in Thailand by now? That will cost you many phone calls and extra money to get not only the abutment for your implant system but also the right tools, which are normally very expensive. Worst case scenario, and trust me this happens every day now with all those no name cheap implants from China: What are you going to do if your implant manufacturer does not exist anymore? Jackpot! No more spare parts for your body. All you can do then is explanation and insertion of another implant system, which is not only very expensive but a real mess too. I've done a few explanations and every single time my treatment room looked as if they had just filmed another scene of “Vikings”, as you have to cut a lot of bone around the implant in order to get it out. I hope I could have been of some help and I apologize for my horrible English - I am not a native speaker.