Considering Clear Choice Dental Implants for my awful teeth

January 25, 2010 – 7:37 am

My whole mouth is in horrible shape, I have very few good teeth left. I’m embarrassed to smile, talk, and have a hard time chewing. The worst part is I’m a 30yr. old single man that has no confidence in myself due to being embarrassed by my teeth. I was considering Clear Choice Dental Implants because I like the idea of having all my teeth replaced with a more permanent solution and hate the idea of dentures at my age. I called for a free consultation and they warned me it would probably run $25,000 to $35,000. I can’t afford that! My parents set back some money when they sold a house to pay for my teeth to be fixed but not that much. Do you have any suggestions for me that will help me?
- Brad from Georgia

Brad,
That seems almost criminal to take all your teeth out at age 30 and place implant-retained dentures. And going to Clear Choice - they usually use the short-cut all-on-four dental implants technique, which puts all the implants in the front and leaves the back of your jaw so that it will eventually atrophy. By age 50 you will have practically no jawbone left in the back of your mouth.

My suggestion is to find a dentist who will work with you and your finances and phase the treatment, and save what teeth you can. If your financial resources are limited, just have the most essential things done now, and work at it gradually, so that over a period of years you get back into good shape.

Then while you’re doing that, try to focus also on preventing further deterioration of your teeth by eliminating snacking. A lot of people don’t realize that when they get a lot of cavities, it’s often because they’re snacking all day long. If this applies to you, you can save yourself a lot of future grief by severely limiting the snacking. No amount of brushing can keep your teeth clean enough if you’re snacking all day long.