I'm very scared extraction, implant, resorption

[Zwitsal]

I'm scared and my anxiety is through the roof. A few weeks ago I ate some candy and a molar in my upper jaw broke including the root. It's temporary fixed now to buy me some time but the molar needs to be removed very soon as my dentist told me this temporary fix will last about 2 months at most. Since I heard the news I became really scared and got depressed. I cannot afford an implant at this point but if I do nothing it will lead to more issues they said. Now I did read that after an extraction, resorption happens really fast and it can be so bad that an implant will be impossible. They also warned me about moving molars because there is a hole.

I'm seriously freaking out. How long do I have to save money for that implant, how fast is the resorption going to be and how fast is everything moving? Can I wait a year or must it all be done in like 6 months?

 

[Dr M]

You can wait a year. Tooth movement of adjacent molars doesn't happen overnight. It takes some time. Sometimes it takes years.
Sometimes my patients do the whole implant process over a period of 2 years and not only 1 year.

 

[Dental cure and care]

I'm scared and my anxiety is through the roof. A few weeks ago I ate some candy and a molar in my upper jaw broke including the root. It's temporary fixed now to buy me some time but the molar needs to be removed very soon as my dentist told me this temporary fix will last about 2 months at most. Since I heard the news I became really scared and got depressed. I cannot afford an implant at this point but if I do nothing it will lead to more issues they said. Now I did read that after an extraction, resorption happens really fast and it can be so bad that an implant will be impossible. They also warned me about moving molars because there is a hole.

I'm seriously freaking out. How long do I have to save money for that implant, how fast is the resorption going to be and how fast is everything moving? Can I wait a year or must it all be done in like 6 months?

Bone resorption begins immediately after tooth extraction and is most significant within the first three months.
It is generally advisable not to wait longer than six months before addressing tooth replacement options due to potential complications with future implants.
Financial planning should be based on realistic saving goals according to your specific circumstances.

 

[Dr M]

Try and split the costs if you can. Get the implant so long and then you can wait until you get the implant crown. The implant gets covered with a healing abutment, and although there is a risk that the gum can grow over the abutment at a later stage, in my experience it doesn't always happen. The crown can then be done in the following year.

 

[Zwitsal]

Thanks everyone.. I feel a bit better now. And I will ask my dentist about the option of placing the crown a year later. I'm not looking forward to a hole in my mouth, it will be a bit visible, but I don't know how else to manage it financially.