[coyoteman]

Originally Posted by Okotok

I had an unfortunate ladder incident in September that resulted in me knocking out 3 front teeth and shearing off 2 others. Went the implant way. They pulled two additional teeth and installed 7 titanium implants to hold a one piece, porcelain (not actually porcelain, but some sort of fixable, newer polymer, bridge). Finally got the permanent one installed. I'm very happy, all things considered. Takes a bit of getting used to as you don't have the mouth feel you once had, but it works, I have a Hollywood smile and I'm 27k out of pocket minus the 10k insurance stepped up for!

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