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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had the back molar out as well, and the oral surgeon advised against an implant. It's not like anyone can see that far back, and I didn't want to do more procedures just to get something foreign in my mouth. If it was a front tooth, obviously I would have but didn't see the point for a back tooth. But definitely talk to the surgeon, it may depend on your mouth and your situation.

In my situation, I had an impacted wisdom tooth that dropped all the way down shortly after the extraction, so probably didn't have much room for an implant anyway, and it saved me from having to have that surgery. I did end up having the upper wisdom tooth out on the other side as it was also impacted. So two extractions in two years for me. I blame pregnancy - everything was dormant until all those hormones woke my mouth up again![/quote]

This is actually a really helpful post, thank you. The more I read (not just on this message board) the more I"m now starting to lean against having an implant. for one thing, I could probably stand to have my wisdom teeth out eventually (though they aren't bothering me at this point) and will have some other dental work queued up after this extraction, so it's probably smartest not to drop several grand on an implant.

Don't love the idea of staying down a tooth, but maybe like PP my teeth would move into the space? Seems like it's not a decision I need to make straight away. I understand there are new ways to permanently bridge teeth that do not involve shaving the adjoining teeth. Going to look into that. 
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