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Report Thailand Ranked 7th Happiest Country in New Global Survey
I took an internal survey, me, myself, and I, conclusion! It sucked. About as good a representation as this how wash. -
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Farage’s Political Earthquake Begins to Rattle Britain’s Foundations
Some people cannot go back to the UK because the Police want to talk to them about certain irregularities -
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Tourism Thailand Vows to End Dual Pricing Amid Growing Tourist Backlash
How can there be a backlash? People have got home so they are not going to do anything about it are they? Social Media? FB=BS. Who can afford a phone/computer if they can't afford a full price entry to Nong Nook Botanical Gardens at about 1500 baht? The sign is clearly there to see both prices for Foreigner & Thais. If people don't like it: then go back to town! -
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Is it worth it at 78 ? - Implant replacement teeth
Maybe I can add some useful information, as I might know a thing or two about this matter. Truth to be told, I'm doing implant surgery for more than 30 years now. First some general information: implants are made of titanium and in some cases of Zirconia, and once inserted into the bone, they osseointegrate, meaning bone grows on them, which takes about 6 to 12 weeks, may be longer in case of bone grafts. NOTE: these days people talk about surgery, no matter if dental surgery or some facial corrections like a facelift or even those silicone breasts so many women seem to have, as if they are talking about their next visit to the hairdresser. EVERY single time when surgery is performed there is inevitably scar tissue plus you always have the risk of failure. NOTE: implant manufacturers love to present the statistics which says that after five years 95% of the implants are still in the mouth of the patient. True, but they forget to mention that after five years less than 75% of the prosthetic once put on those implants is still in use. The reason in most cases is the implant-abutment connection, which I will explain now: Once the healing process is finished, the dentist can put some kind of denture on the implant. That can be the crown or a bridge or even some removable kind of denture (I wrote quite a lot about that in another thread. To connect the implant with the denture, some kind of connecting device is normally screwed onto the implant, which is called abutment. Depending on the kind of prosthetic you need a different kind of abutment. The screw connecting the abutment with the implant is, as one can imagine, very small and tiny, yet it has to withhold huge forces caused by different levels of temperature in the mouth (coffee, ice cream) and most importantly the force used when chewing. The chewing muscles are based on their weight the strongest in the human body and can close the teeth with a force as great as 200 pounds (90.7 kilograms). NOTE: Here is where wheat is separated from the chaff, the precision of fit between the different components, which is normally much better in the more expensive implants, resulting in much better durability. NOTE: another important point is the deliverability of spare parts. Let's say you have two or three implants with crowns on them. With time passing you lose a few more teeth and now you want to use these implants to insert a bridge or maybe even a removable denture. All your dentist has to do, is to remove the crown, replace the abutment by another one, matching the new prosthetic and fix that prosthetic on it. The question is if the manufacturer of your implant is delivering those spare parts to the place you live or even worse, does he still exist, because if not you're in real trouble as maybe the whole implant has to be removed from your jawbone to replace it with another one which is way harder and bloodier compared to a tooth extraction. So if you are living in a place, which you will never leave and are being treated by a young dentist, who will never leave (keep in mind that compared to other academic professions dentists have the lowest life expectancy and the highest suicide rate) and economic is just great, so that your implant manufacturer will be there forever, then you can take any brand you want. If not I'd recommend a brand which is selling their products worldwide like Nobel Biocare, Ankylos, 3i and the number 1: Straumann. The weight of titanium or the price per Kilogramm has nothing to do with the price of the implants. The oxygen tank from your grandfather is probably made of the same austenitic stainless steel (316L) which is used in your expensive watch, yet the tank is much heavier and way cheaper. I'd like to present a case, which I have treated: this lady had only a few rotten teeth left, hadn't seen a dentist for many years and did not like to be in public due to obvious reasons: after tooth extraction we gave her a temporary full denture and later inserted 4 implants in both the upper and the lower jaw. A few weeks later we inserted telescopic dentures. That is the result and I will never forget her reaction when she saw her new smile for the first time: she was in tears. NOTE: any kind of full dentures will never hold as well compared to clasp dentures and any kind of clasp dentures will never hold as well as telescoping ones plus you have no metal bar under your tongue or on the roof of your mouth which might cause a gagging reflex, foot impaction and especially for full dentures in the upper jaw a loss of taste. NOTE: Telescopic dentures as you see here can be fixed on implants but also on teeth, if - and this is very important - those teeth can still withhold the stress and pressure put on them during the chewing process. NOTE: Among all removable dentures telescopic ones are by far the best, strongest attachment to the remaining teeth and most comfortable. So finally to answer your question if it is worth it, @richard_smith237 has given you a great answer already. I couldn't have said it better. But as a medical advice I would suggest you see a dentist first to check if your remaining teeth still can be used, as any kind of prosthetic on natural teeth is always way cheaper than on implants. Which is one of many reasons, why you should keep them as long as they are good. But most important is that you do something, because an impaired chewing ability will sooner or later lead to problems with the maxillofacial joint and worse to problems with your stomach in your digestive system. However, if you don't, you remaining teeth will sooner or later make that decision for you. Hopefully it is a good one, not like the one I made, when I applied for the licensing of my clinic and presented this logo to the dental council of Thailand to be put outside my place. They laughed about it but out of some reason I never got the permission for that logo; they never told me why. -
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Shirtless Tourist Sparks Outrage at Thai Restaurant
That's not really true, plenty of Europeans and US Americans lack basic manners, politeness, and common sense.- 1
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Tourism Thailand Vows to End Dual Pricing Amid Growing Tourist Backlash
And I vow to bring an end to world hunger and all conflicts. I probably have a better chance of succeeding. haha
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