Does Medicare Cover Dental Implants?
Dental implant procedures are becoming more and more common, even among seniors. Getting a dental implant requires oral surgery to place the titanium post(s) into the bone mass where the root portion of the missing tooth was. Then an extension of the post (an abutment) is installed, and finally, an artificial tooth, or crown, is placed on the abutment. A dental implant procedure can take up to several months because of the healing process, but the result is a tooth that looks and feels like…