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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2024 08:08:47 JST goatsarah
   Dental implant post crown fitting 2 week review: totally excellent. Absolutely worth the months of bullshit. Would do again if I lost another tooth. Expensive but worth it.
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     Mark vW (markvonwahlde@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2024 09:42:28 JST Mark vW

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     @goatsarah Water Pik daily! Clean food out of those crevices.

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     Alan Braggins (armb@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2024 20:29:11 JST Alan Braggins

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     @goatsarah my dentist's advice was (paraphrased) that my gums and jaw are crap, and I'd lose implants like the several teeth I've lost.
     (Teeth themselves are good, no fillings ever, but that doesn't really help.)
     The remaining ones seem more secure though, gums have improved a lot.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2024 20:29:11 JST goatsarah

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     • Alan Braggins

     @armb there are things they can do about the bone. I needed bone regeneration because it was 4 years since the tooth was pulled. My surgeon specialises in it, and the X-rays when he put the implant in (covered over with gum) and then 4 months later, were quite different. The first showed an implant protruding into the soft tissue between the jaw and sinus, barely held in place. The second showed the same implant utterly surrounded by brand new bone.

     It might be worth talking to someone who specialises in it. We get a lot of dental tourism here in the Algarve because it’s cheaper but you’re still getting top notch EU trained doctors and surgeons (mine studied in London and spent the start of his career doing surgery for the NHS before returning home to Portugal and a decent climate).

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 20:00:24 JST goatsarah

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     • Mark vW
     @markvonwahlde my WP660 just arrived this morning. Holy shit! My teeth are now so clean and my bathroom is so wet.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 20:51:39 JST goatsarah

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     • ajlanes
     @ajlanes @armb You can get them. It's just ... terms and conditions apply
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     ajlanes (ajlanes@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 20:51:41 JST ajlanes

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     • Alan Braggins
     @goatsarah @armb It's a pity you can't get new AL licences, or there'd be an excellent market in providing dental holidays.