Dental implant

Yesterday, the whole process of getting a dental implant in my mouth was finally finished. I now have a new artificial tooth, and I am amazed at how realistic it looks. It’s really not possible to tell it is an implant by just looking at it. I didn’t really think it was going to be that perfect.

The worst part of the process was the initial surgery for drilling my jaw and installing the titanium receptacle for the implant. That was back in August, and was a terrible experience. The shaking sensation you get from the drill going into your bone is absolutely unpleasant. Besides, anesthesia kept losing its effect and my dentist had to inject some more a few times during the procedure.

Anyways, it’s all done now, and all I have to do is to keep taking care of my implant for the rest of my life. Fortunately, my dentist told me maintenance is not needed so frequently, and there is only a small chance of something going wrong with it.