Implant Next Friday

I had another tooth follow-up yesterday, and so far, possibly some good news. He thinks my mouth is "ready" for the implant, but of course he can't guarantee anything until he opens it up and looks inside. I'm scheduled for Oct. 23 and really, really, really hoping that it's a "go", because the alternative doesn't sound pretty at all. Not physically, and definitely not in the wallet.

That" alternative" is, if it's not sufficient to place the implant, then I get to have more bone marrow stuffed in, but this time from my own lower jaw, as well as a "bone bridge" to reinforce it even more, also donated from my own jaw. Lovely. Lets hope that I don't need this, please! That will add another $1600 to the procedure as well.... goodbye Christmas!

And after all of that pain and suffering and major hit to the wallet, "there's risk of infection at the donor site as well as the recipient site and chance that the implant will be rejected, or fail." What a deal!