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Had to get a tooth removed?  

answers 0:a molar on the bottom right, (the one in front of my wisdom tooth) had to be removed a month or two back as it had started to rot and break during the 10 or so years that I did not have access to dental care.I didn't want to get it removed but the dentist implied that it had to removed as it couldn't be saved.During my last visit to get a clean up, the woman doing clean up told me I should get an implant done as the jawbone will start to deteriorate with no tooth in place. Now, i'm 19 years old, and a student. I have basically no income other than what I survive on.What should I do? What would an implant cost me? Does insurance cover it? What can I do?Any dentists here, what kind of cost would I likely have to pay for a procedure like that seeing as i'm young, and the tooth was only recently removed....Show mo! reanswers 1:It is true that there will be a resorption of your alveolar bone (up to 50% after only 18 months). You should first confirm with a dentist whether or not this deterioration can lead to movement in your other teeth since this was a molar. Maybe you don't really need an implant after all.If you do, however, you can expect a pretty large bill. The cost usually ranges between $1,250 and $3,000. Insurance companies cover such charges.Edit: @Bumblebee: Healed or not, it will happen since there will be no movement applying pressure on the adjacent bone/alveolar bone. It happens to everybody....answers 2:if you full time student you might have insurance. give them a callanswers 3:SEE A DENTISTanswers 4:Ok, first thing... i would see a different dentist. The woman that did your cleaning and told you that the bone was detiriorating, has no clue what she is talking about! If you just had the tooth extracted a month or two ago, the bone hasn't even healed half way yet. It's! takes about a year for it to fully heal, so until it is fully! healed, there is no possible way she would know if it's deteriorating or not.Second thing, if you really want to get an implant, they usually start at about $1000 per tooth. Usually insurance doesn't cover them because they are usually used for asthetic purposes. But if they can prove to your insurance company that the bone is deteriorating, they may cover part of it as it will be due to health purposes....