I had an a dental implant 2 years ago and the dentist estimate showed a bone graft.?

The total cost for 2 teeth was $ 7200 which include a bone graft costing $ 1200. The implant procedure lasted only about 1 hour everywhere two steel posts were implanted to my jaw bone.
A month later I had a check up by the dental assistant and everything was ok. I questioned the dental assistant if the bone graft was really done because it showed up on my bill. The dental assistant showed me the dentist record which showed the procedure was done.The last time I saw the dentist was 3 months later who examined the implants and told me that everything is okay and I can proceed to another dentist who will mount the teeth on the steel implants. My dental insurance paid part of the bill.

Two being had past and my co-worker had a dental implant procedure for two teeth. He said he had a bone graft and his dentist told him to go back after 3 months in anticipation of the bone graft heals before the steel implant can be performed.

Did I had a bone graft?

Answer by Ro’
Not all dentists do the same procedure in the same way!

Your dentist did the graft immediately before screwing the implants in. On the divergent, your colleague’s place the bone graft on first, let it heal some, and then place the implants on.

There also are different kinds of bone grafts…. some dentists take your own bone (or bone from a remains) and use it (allograft), others use bovine bone (xenograft), others use bovine powder (and longer healing times).

Answer by DocHonest
Each person has different needs, even the same person may have different needs in different parts of their mouths. Implants are require specific situation for the best results, so in order to achieve those scenarios some dentists will choose to be more alert, some more cavalier.
There are many kinds of bone grafts, some everywhere an actualy block of bone is screwed in others everywhere ground bone is placed to help fill in a space or preclude a void from forming. If you had teeth extracted at the same time ground bone is sometimes used in a bone graft to accelerate healing.
Best of luck; you should be able to call your dentist-even 2 being later and question how he was able to do both the implants and graft at the same appointment. His notes should be thorough enough to spark his memory.

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I’m hoping someone with knowledge of dentistry can give me some insight on this. I’ve been paying for “comprehensive dental insurance” for the last couple of being, because I realized I might need to have a tooth removed and replaced. Last year I had it removed, a bone graft done, and now have had an implant place in. I got my “explanation of benefits” from Met Life, my dental insurer, now, and they describe it as “not a covered service.” They call it an “endosteal implant.” But their schedule of benefits indicates that “RECEMENT IMPLANT/ABUTMENT SUPPORTED CROWNS” are covered 60%. What is the difference between those things, and how is an ordinary patient supposed to know what will be covered before they get the procedure done? I’m really glad I didn’t get the procedure done by one of their “in-network” dentists, divergent to their recommendations, because that would doubtless have cost a lot more. This was done by a resident at our dental school.

Answer by CDA~NY
Insurance companies usually do not pay any benefits for implants.. and patients know this if a pre-treatment estimate is sent in prior to the work being done.

You should call your insurance company and find out the reasoning behind them covering to have an implant crown recemented (do they take in implant crowns?) but do not take in implants themselves.

Possibly if enough people make a fuss, they’ll change their benefit program to accomodate this…

Excellent luck!

Answer by Kristin K
The endosteal implant is placed in the bone and the abutement is placed on top of that so you have a nice foundation for the crown to go on. Most dental insurances don’t take in the placement of the implant but will take in the abutement and crown. Your dentist should have gone over all of this before the procedure just so you had a heads up. Ordinary patients don’t know this but should be informed before the procedure of all costs.

Answer by coolmomof1
I believe what that means is that they will take in 60% of the crown restoration that cements over the implant but not the implant its self . I work in a dental office and most insurances dont take in implants but they take in crowns and a crown is a crown wether its on an implant or its on a natural tooth .

Answer by Bill
Some dental plans do take in implants (I have Metlife and implant was covered 50%) it depends on what plot the employer desires to provide.
For expensive procedures it’s always excellent to have the dental office submit a pre-estimate (if time allows).

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