I haven’t been in over a year even for a cleaning. In 2019 an oral surgeon at the dentist was cleaning out an infected impacted tooth and pulled the tooth next to that area because “it was already loose.” I was given so much Ativan I just nodded dumbly when he asked permission, and once it was pulled I conveniently now needed TWO dental implants after this bone graft. $$$$ $1,700 for that surgery and $5,500 estimate for two implants with a high priced dental insurance
six months later that same surgeon was attempting the implants and realized halfway through the bone wasn’t strong enough. He forgot to do a scan first. Pulled it all out, did another bone graft, and we were going to try again in another six months but now I can’t bring myself to go through with it. I look like a hockey player though and I hate it.