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Originally Posted by lusciouskiwi
Hiya Lofters 
It's one of the great things about being in Asia, the kind of teeth care I get here is really expensive back home. |
........i have a very big overbite and over the years its made my bottom teeth loose so have had to have them all out. Here they do what they call "all on 4" implants which means they do 4 implants and put a fixed bridge with more teeth on, which you cant take out, on the implants. Im at the stage where ive got a temporary bridge whilst the bones regenerate at the back, i have the 4 implants and will have to have another 2 at least, but waiting for bones and healing, it will all take around l2 months or more before a final bridge can be done. And at a cost of £7,500 which is cheap for England. Its the cost of a small car.........i considered going abroad to have it done but because its done in stages, not a good idea.
My mother also had all her teeth out as a present from her father for her 21st birthday!!! In those days (she would have been 100 next year) it was considered a good thing because when a woman married, if she had dental problems, it would save the husband having to pay for that. I have seen a photo of her before she had them removed and she had beautiful teeth - what a crime!