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Kevin, thanks for updating us. Were implants discussed and recommended instead of dentures? If so, what advantages and disadvantages to each were discussed?

Wow, that's a lot of surgeries for NICO. I had 2 in 2 different areas and no implants in those particular areas. They do deal with NICO at the clinic where I'm being treated and said I had enough bone to get the implants with bone grafts. They also convinced me that I needed the implants with better teeth than dentures to exercise my jawbone and prevent further bone loss and also to save the rest of my teeth, since the dentures have to be relined and replaced periodically. My denture torques the teeth it is attached to and traps bacteria making hygiene a pain in the rear. Although they address everything in this clinic with both traditional and alternative therapies, I still feel that they cannot speak openly about it due to the American and Canadian medical and dental hierarchies. I was not a candidate for having the abutments and teeth attached to the implants right away and have to wait 6 months, although I'm hoping they will tell me in 4 months that the implants are healed enough to do it then. I will know when they attach the teeth and get my final bite established whether all this is going to work. I'll continue to travel for the neural therapy, prolotherapy and chelation therapy in the meantime; however, we interrupted the chelation therapy for a period of time in order for the osseointegration to take place. I hope you will keep in touch on the board. There are so few voices out here from people with our similar experiences....