Hi all, I went to the dentist recently who told me that my crown was
infected that that it should be removed and I should have an implant
put in.  The gums were dark and gray and were smelling bad.  She
recommended a local dental surgeon nearby that she says is very good
and she always refers patients to for surgery.

I went to see him and he said that he would put in the implant into my
bone, it's in the upper jaw BTW, and I would need to wear a retainer
type thing in my mouth for 6 months until it healed completely. Then my
dentist would put in the "tooth".  He put in a bone graft.

So I had this procedure done 6 months ago, I wore the retainer for 6
months, all seemed well. Then when I went to his office last week, he
looked at it, and said all seemed really great.  Great bone, and all
had healed quite well. He was doing the final thing (not sure),
basically getting it ready for my dentist to put in the tooth the next
week and he said the implant just slipped out!  He said it had never
happened to him before.  He thought maybe it was that the bone did not
"grab" onto the material.  He said it was a new "cone" shaped implant
that was supposedly made of better material.  He was very upset and
said that he was going to put in another one that was less cone shaped,
that he's worked iwth for years that he was confident would stick.

Needless to say, I am wondering if this guy knows what he's doing.  I
called my dentist and she said he was great and has worked iwth him for
years.  "These things happen sometimes" she said.  He said if it didn't
work the next time, he would give me my money back.  I was very upset
and said it would think about it.  The fact is, I paid 3K.  Now I have
to wear the retainer ANOTHER 6 months and wait for this one to heal and
hope it stay put.  I'm sore, in pain and SICK of this crap.  Is this
"normal".  Why would it have slipped out?

The dental surgeon seems nice, but I'm nervous.  Any tips?  Things I
should ask or request?

Thanks,

Carlos