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Am I too old to consider having implant treatment to replace my missing or damaged natural teeth?
I treated a lady some 15 years ago who was 87 years old at the time. She had worn and upper denture for some 67 years. She wanted teeth she could eat with. I placed five implants in her upper jaw, and she waited six months for her bone to grow to the implant surfaces (she wore her dentures during this time of course). I then made a 14 tooth bridge for her that she could not remove. I could remove it passively, if necessary, but she couldn’t. She passed on at the age of 97. She enjoyed it ten years, eating as she had always wanted.