Dental implant [View all]

I didn’t see a forum for dental work. If there is one point me to it. I got a tooth pulled about a year ago and am getting ready for the next step. They put some kind of one graft in at the beginning. Recently I had a full mouth MRI or X-ray or something. That last visit we talked about a sinus lift. Reading on the web it sounds like that has to get done before the actual implant takes place. I just discovered that, I thought my next appt would be it. I’ve already spent about $2500 and the next procedure is supposed to be about $3000 even with dental insurance. It’s a lot of money and I considered not having it done but the location of that tooth, about middle of molars, seems to get a lot of action.

They gave me some scrips for “anesthesia” (sort of) but said I could do without if I wanted. It would save me a couple hundred bucks. He told me it would be about an hour and a half, and reading about the procedure online, it sounds real unpleasant, so I’m thinking I ought to take the drugs. Anyone been thru this before?