In Your 20s in Godeok-dong, Implants Cost More Than Twice as Much If You Miss the Right Time.

Hello.

I’m the director of Seoul Bardi Dental Clinic.

Many people think implants are a treatment done after middle age.

But these days, many patients in their 20s also come in for treatment.

In many cases, they have lost a tooth due to an accident,

or the cause is untreated cavities.

The problem is that they put it off, thinking, “I’m still young, so it’ll be fine,”

and then end up spending more than twice as much on treatment in their 30s or 40s.

Today, I’ll explain why you should not miss the right time for an implant

in your 20s,

and I’ll share a real case.

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Problems That Can Occur If You Miss the Timing for an Implant in Your 20s
A Real Case of an Implant Completed in 2 Months

Problems That Can Occur If You Miss the Timing for an Implant in Your 20s Godeok-dong implant

You may think, “I’m not uncomfortable right now, so can’t I just get the implant later?”

I get this question a lot after extraction.

But if you leave a missing tooth alone,

it can lead to bigger problems than you might expect.

1. The area where the tooth is missing

loses bone over time.

It’s like how muscles that aren’t used gradually weaken.

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As more bone is lost,

the space available for placing an implant becomes insufficient.

Then additional bone grafting is needed,

and the treatment period becomes longer.

Of course, the cost also increases by 2 to 3 times.

2. The neighboring teeth tilt,

and the bite becomes misaligned. Godeok-dong implant

When a gap appears, the teeth on both sides

begin to tilt toward it.

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Teeth that used to fit together above and below

also move down or up toward the empty space.

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Then the overall bite structure collapses,

and it can even lead to temporomandibular joint problems.

In this situation, what should have been solved with just one implant

turns into a chain of problems.

And the treatment cost follows along too...

A Real Case of an Implant Completed in 2 Months Godeok-dong implant

A patient in their mid-20s came in recently.

They said the gum around the lower right molar kept swelling

and hurting.

When I checked, there was a bump on the gum that looked like a pimple. 250602

The root canal treatment had already been completed,

but on the X-ray,

the tooth root had severe inflammation.

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When we took a CT scan, the bone loss had progressed more than expected.

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I know better than anyone that nothing is more comfortable or better than my own tooth,

so I prioritize saving natural teeth,

but

because the inflammation had already spread so much,

the tooth could not be saved in this condition.

Unfortunately, I explained the situation to the patient

and recommended extraction followed by an implant.

The patient was studying abroad,

so they wanted treatment as quickly as possible.

For a patient with an underlying systemic disease, with this level of inflammation and bone loss,

it would have taken at least 3 months or more.

However, the patient was in their 20s and healthy without any systemic disease,

so we could expect a good outcome.

That is, provided that the inflammation was thoroughly removed

and bone grafting was performed carefully.

So that there would be no problems even after going abroad,

we took extra care and analyzed the case multiple times.

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On the same day as the extraction, we placed the implant immediately along with bone grafting.

Immediate placement like this helps minimize bone loss.

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It was placed at the correct angle and position.

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When the patient came back two months later,

we checked whether the implant had integrated well with the bone.

Whether the bone and implant have integrated well is

not something you judge by eye, but something measured numerically with a device.

At Seoul Bardi Dental Clinic,

we use an “Ostell” device to check the exact numbers.

When the value is above 70,

it means successful implant stability.

When we checked with the device,

the result was 75, which was quite high, even above normal.

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We completed the prosthetic restoration right away.

Total treatment period: 2 months.

The patient was very satisfied

because it finished much faster than expected.

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What if this patient had endured the pain

and delayed treatment for another 1 or 2 years?

Of course, everyone is different,

so it won’t be the same for everyone.

For some people, the condition may remain exactly as it was at the beginning.

But you can never be 100% sure that will happen to you either.

In many actual cases,

the teeth tilt, the inflammation spreads further,

and the area requiring bone grafting becomes much larger.

When a problem occurs

and you keep putting it off,

it eventually becomes something you regret later ㅠㅠ

If you have tooth pain or any unusual symptoms,

don’t delay.

I’ll help you protect your healthy 20s.

Thank you.

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| This post was written directly by Seoul Bardi Dental Clinic for the purpose of providing medical information in compliance with Article 56, Paragraph 1 of the Medical Services Act. The information provided is for reference only, and we recommend that you visit a medical institution to assess your symptoms and receive guidance from medical professionals on the correct management methods. All procedures / surgeries performed at the dental clinic may involve individual risks (such as inflammation, bleeding, swelling, etc.). Please make decisions after sufficient consultation with medical staff in advance. The treatment cases in this post were photographed with the consent of patients who completed treatment at our clinic, and the before-and-after photos were taken under the same conditions. |