Thread: How Far Dental Technology Has Come

Very cool indeed. The VA doesn’t have this technology yet and it will probably be after I’m dead and gone that they do. I have a number 3 molar that is cracked open and needs a crown now. I’m waiting on an appointment for that. Additionally the VA doesn’t pay for molar implants just front teeth. Guessw gotta all look like beavers!

I wish I had pictures at this time but I will go back to my Dentist's office to get some when they are not so busy. I wanted to explain how the actual Implant/Crown is assembled for lack of a better word. Once the bone graft heals the screw is installed. That has to have the bone grow to it next. Here is information I did know. The Implant Screw is threaded on the inside as well as the outside, kinda like a Heil-a-coil for your mouth. When the Crown came in and I went in to have it installed my Dentist kept talking about "Torquing" the tooth. Finally I had to ask since he was not turning the Crown down onto the Implant Screw. Well the Crown is hollow and has a screw inside it that threads into the Implant Screw. That gets Torqued then a temporary filling is used first then a permanent filling is used to finish filling the hole up. He said if there is a problem later they drill the outer filling out then the inner which comes out much easier to access the Crown retaining screw to remove the Crown.

This is something coming up for me I'm not looking forward to at all...