I have had two teeth pulled a long time ago on top. I do have periodontal disease. Two years ago my dentist wanted to put a bridge on both sides but I hesitated. By 2020 I had lost more teeth on top but in 2020 They started to spontaneously erupt. I needed back, shoulder and foot surgery pretty bad so I asked my dentist what to do first because by then he wanted to pull the rest of my teeth on top and make a denture. He said I could wait. Last year he was making my dentures and had already sent me to the oral surgeon for a plan. I asked him if I could get implants and he said no because I took Reclast for two years. (Last time was early June 2021.) My dentist had already measured my mouth and made part of the denture & sent it off for the first step. When I went in for my second appt he stopped in the middle of measuring and the nurse came into the room and said he would call me. After several days, I called him and asked what was going on. He said I have to go to a prosthodontist. The Pros. said my arch had fell and shows me this denture that he says is mine. He hadn't even looked in my mouth! It was a stock denture and he would see me a couple of weeks after they pull my teeth. Pros 2: Said I could get a denture but must have a pallet. Sent me to another surgeon who said I could get 6 implants for a implant supported denture which would be approx $25,000 + the cost of the Pros2.
Needless to say, I changed my primary dentist and my new dentist said the denture and/or implants would have failed because my arch has completely fell to almost a straight line and my jaw/bite collapsed too. She fit me for an occlusal Guard to put my jaw where it used to be.
I really wanted implants so I went to a dentist my ex told me about. He said I have a "very unique situation, since I have RA (infusions of Oriencia), periodontal disease, Osteop., hypothyroid, and severe back issues. He sent me to surgeon 3 who said I have more than enough bone and could do a bridge with 4 implants, pull my molars below and put two implants there for $15,000 and the dentist who referred me would take over until everything heals and then put in a permanent bridge for $10,000 more. That's if nothing goes wrong.
I cry every day because I don't know what to do. I'm scared my back is going to collapse before they can do something with my teeth. I have all my bottom teeth but two in the back but I have grinded them down from stress. I am retired and this is scaring me.