Question for Private Dentists

[Toothless22]

Would you recommend that someone still goes ahead with full dental implants at this current time? My DD is due to have this procedure in 4 weeks time and I am concerned for her as it appears to me to be very invasive surgery (all teeth extracted) . Would you recommend delaying the treatment until a later date?

Definitely delay! DH is a dentist specialising in implants and all of his patients have been postponed until further notice. We live in central Europe where the situation is a week ahead of the UK and things accelerated dramatically. Every dentist here has limited their opening hours and will only treat emergency cases. The situation will be far from over in 4 weeks, and an elective surgery is not worth the trouble. In some cases there might be complications afterwards. DH had a patient once who (unknown to her) was allergic to the prescribed post-op medication and ended up at the emergency room. Hospitals are no-go zones at the moment so please stay home and safe.

This is not allowed at moment, even extracting teeth risky as if one breaks they need a drill to finish the job. This has all been banned. If dentist is going ahead with this treatment I would not trust him at all!! Why does she need all her teeth out? Thats really extreme??!!

She has severe periodontal disease. We believe this has built up over many years due to folate deficiency which was not detected until late last year. We could not understand why her bone loss was so awful and apparently the only way to now save her jaw bones is to have dental implants as the titanium will react with the bone and regrow.

@CoconutPudding - thank you so much. I am going to print your comments off and email them to her.

@Asterisktheknackered - I too am concerned why he has not yet cancelled her. I don't want her going ahead with it at this moment in time.

I have Googled "dentists implants" and many other combinations but there is nothing out there to say don't have it done now.

It's simple, no aerosols!! Any drill work makes an aerosol.

Has she been seen in a dental hospital by a consultant for opinion?

Not that I am aware of, I don't believe she was even offered this as an option. She has, however, visited 2 other dentists who said due to her bone loss this was her only option in the long run.

Ok, poor soul. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me will give you more advice but I certainly wouldn't want treatment at moment.

It's only emergency treatment at the moment and no aerosol-inducing dentistry. Decision making will be completely different.
If you're in the UK, any planned /routine treatment is cancelled. Hope that's helpful.

@1976Bo - yes that is very helpful and really reassuring. I will let her know and get her to email her dentist to confirm it has all been postponed/cancelled for now.

Also, doesn't matter whether private or NHS dentistry, the same applies.