Originally Posted by deirdra

Pulling teeth makes dentists less money than root canals, and some don't do implants, so they tend to recommend the procedures they can or want to do. I wish you luck with your infection, Meme#1. My sister got one and ultimately had to get an implant. The infection actually ate away some of the jawbone so they had to take a piece of one of her ribs (!), grind it into a powder, pack it into the hole once the infection was completely gone, wait a couple of months for the ground bone to become one with the jawbone, and then do the implant. Luckily she had good insurance, but the lost time, pain and aggravation was terrible. If I ever have this problem, I think I'll go straight for an implant, like WereBear.