Implant Dilemma

When I was 10 years old, I played chase and run with my sister. Accidentally, I hit my chin on my dad’s metal plate when I knelt down as an attempt to avoid being caught. It was not painful at all. In fact I was still laughing when I stood up. My sister saw the blood coming down from my mouth.

To cut the story short, that incident caused me to lose one of my front teeth. I went through one year treatment to put the dead teeth back to its place. The dentist told me to seek an implant in the future if I could. This technology was not available in my place at that time.

When I got my first job, I immediately consulted an oral surgeon to proceed with the treatment. Since the incident happened a long time ago, I have lost a lot of bones in my gum. The surgeon asked me to have an orthodontic treatment to get all the tooth in proper position prior to doing the implant. At the same time, I had to do a bone grafting procedure to add bones to my gum.

This first surgery was an easy one for me. I was put to sleep so I won’t feel any pain.  In just a week or two, I was back to normal. I was happy but the surgery was not successful at all.  The new bones wouldn’t stay and grow This brought me to my second surgery with a new oral surgeon. Let me be clear here. I didn’t ditch my first surgeon because of this. I had to move out of state for some personal reason.

The second surgery was not a good experience for me. I had local anesthesia. For the whole one hour surgery, my body was tense. After the surgery, I vomited all day long. I was hungry and tired, but I couldn’t get anything into my body. The good news is the bones stay this time

This brought me to the real deal. The implant is scheduled this coming Friday. According to my oral surgeon, it should be easy and painless.  I want to go with the general anesthesia but my insurance’s coverage is not good. So here I am again, waiting for the day to come. I am scared but I know I have to do it.

Hopefully things go well with me. If the surgery is successful, I don’t have to go through another surgery.