[flybigjet]

I've got a 1st-gen implant and a 3rd or 4th-gen implant, and the difference between them is pretty significant.

They've really improved the technology-- I can't really tell that my most recent implant isn't a real tooth.

IMPORTANT SAFETY TIP: When you get the tooth extracted, you'll want the doc to pack the socket with pulverized bone (bone graft)-- this is ESSENTIAL-- the powdered bone prevents resorption, so you won't end up with a depression in the side of the jaw as the bone heals the hole where the tooth was.

They hadn't quite figured that out when I got my first implant-- and I have a noticeable concavity on the inside of my upper jaw due to that. The second one was packed with a bone graft and the results are far superior.

I'd get an implant over a bridge every time.

R.