Can dental implants be used to replace 1st and 2nd molars?

A dentist I saw said that it is difficult to place dental implants in the far back of the mouth-especially the 2nd molar region. He said the reason is there is less bone in the far back of the mouth. Is there a way around this? Are dental implants still successfully placed in the 1st and 2nd molar areas of the mouth frequently? I have two 2nd molars on the top right and lower left that may eventually need to be replaced by implants.

Can dental implants be used to replace 1st and 2nd molars?
On the top at the back often there is a only a thin shell of bone after the tooth have been taken out because there is a big bubble in your bone called your sinus.





Sometimes surgery is needed to make bone grow in this space. before implants can be placed.





Usually the lower jaw isn't a problem, because there are no air bubbles in there (sinuses which connect to your nose) However if you have very thin bone, it can be very difficult.





If there is an option which saves the teeth you have, do that instead! it would be alot cheaper for a start and the bone thing wouldn't matter.
Reply:Get a new dentist! Yes you can have implants for those two molars. The only thing that you have to worry about is the amount of bone tissue that you have lost back there. It cost alot to get the implants and they are not guarenteed to work. Before you have the teeth pulled, be sure that they really need to be pulled. You don't want to not have teeth that you can chew with, even though people can't see the teeth if they are missing, those teeth are very important, try and keep them!
Reply:be careful about implants because if you get in an auto accident, where normally you would just lose a couple teeth, the person with implants may receive a broken and or shattered jaw, unless the technology has changed since the 90s





and i dunno, sorry lol
Reply:The straight forward answer is "YES" they can....however, before attempting to do so, the dentist needs to be assured that your general health is good and particularly your jaw bones are healthy. Implants are very risky if a persons general health is poor and particularly risky if the patient has a history on bone disease of any nature.

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