I was wondering if I would be a good candidate for dental Implants?

Hi, My Name is Steven Kinlin I\'m almost 44 years of age. I\'m not 44 years Old mentally as I have Aspergers Syndrome and other disabilities. I have a big everbite. I have 4 teeth that are not completly gone but there broke. See I was seeing a Dentist in my Town Of sharon Massachusetts. And he would tell me that my fillings were old and needed to be replaced. And I was a little Nieve So I had the fillings replaced. And I think what I sahould have done was waited until the fillings actually came out. I should have realized that just because they were old doesn\'t necessaraly mean that they will fall out and need to be replaced. so he did that and Most of the original tooth was gone most of it was Filling. So I would eat different foods and Sandwiches and a piece of the tooh would come off. Now these are all top teeth the bottom teeth I\'m not missing any.I have a couple of crooked teeth at the bottom but none that are missing. And one on the top right in front kind of a big square tooth I guess that most of it is filling. I also have one tooth on top that\'s gone that\'s just got the post I guess the root is still there but the nerve has not been removed. The reason for this is because several years ago back in maybe 97 This tooth was really bothering me with pain. And the dentist I was talking about Dr allen Gouchman said that I needed a root canal.

So he did the root canal and made another tooth. I guess though that I did not have enough anchorage. Or jaw bone to support the new tooth because after about 8 years The tooth came out leaving me with just a metal post if you will call it that. And he said that he couldn\'t do another root canal since that gap got smaller that My only option was a dental implant. So I never got it I just left it there because I don\'t have enough of a strong anchor I guess for Dental Implants. That\'s not what he said. When One of the 4 teeth broke I went to Aspen Dental. and they said that they wanted me to have a teeth scaling or a gum scaling. Which I did not do because part it is fear and the other part is that mass health wouldn\'t pay for it and I could not afford it or find other places that would take mass Health either. So they said that even having the teeth scaling that I wouldn\'t be able to get dental implants until I got invisalign. and maybe had more Bone put in my jaw so that I would have a strong anchor for dental implants so that the dental implants, I guess, would not fall out. The reason I didnt get Braces when I was a kid is because my parents didn\'t think that I wouls stick with putting in new elastics everyday.

And they were right. So I never got Braces. So It seems Like invisilign is the way to go. and then after that I have heard that I will be able to get dental implants. The only requierment is that you have sufficent Jaw bone but they can also add jaw bone to give me enogh for dental implants. Also have you heard of an aclusal Adjustment I spoke with a dentist a while back online who said to get an aclusal adjustment because that may make the appearence of the overbite look better. I\'m not sure if I would need the aclusal Adjustment if I got Invisalign. It would Only be for a couple of teeth. I think, the ones that just about come in contact with my bottom lip. Are any of the procedures that I mentioned here painful? I hope not.I still would want these teeth shaved down a little bit. I have kind oif a small mouth ,but that I don\'t think would matter. Well thank you so much!If there is any other info I can think of I will let you know Sincerely Steven Kinlin

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