Some years ago, a dentist in Pattaya wanted me to have 3 implants - done together, not staged timely one by one. He was so intense and pushy that I backed out. Later, I had them done elsewhere one by one – something like two appointments each one hour long, for one implant. Gruelling enough one by one, don’t think I could have handled 3 implants at same time. So, I had two of these implants done in Thailand at 65k each, all went well. The third implant, I had done in Australia, as it was right at the front (central incisor), thinking I would get a better result in colour and shape. I was wrong, the first crown was pure white and square – nothing like it’s twin at the front. Luckily, the dentist had a kiln or furnace in the surgery and was able to rework the crown over two more visits to get matching colour and shape. (This crown has a screw at the back so that it can be removed and replaced or modified.) I notice some people seem to end up with a pure white crown at the front, often not the best profile – not so easy as it seems, right at the front? Seems it needs extra work, to get a good result, like in my case. BTW, the temporary bridge at the front (glued to two adjacent teeth) was almost good enough and did not fall out over several months while I waited for the bone graft to take. A temporary/permanent bridge is a possibility, I just wanted it fixed one time.
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