Changing O-Rings on Overdenture?

I agree that dentists should charge for o ring replacement, on the other hand my wife's dentist charges her $250.00 to change 4 o rings, which takes all of 10 minutes. Is it a wonder I'm going to start doing it myself. Total robbery for sure. If you figure how much he would make in an hour changing o rings it would come out to $1500.00 . One week's wages for the average worker.A dentistry licence should not be a licence to abuse the folks that don't possess the skill or the ability to change their own. A price governing group is badly needed in the dentistry profession. Cheers , Jacques Morneault.

My dentist charged $80.00 to change 2 o rings 10 mins total I ordered from the o ring store 1/16"idx 3/16" x 34 for 9.01 shipped the tool to change them you can buy on amazon I hope this helps someone to save some money

my guess would be that the implants are not parallel. This would cause each post to have a different path of insertion which could cause the o rings to tear etc.

How often should O rings be replaced. I've been told once a year? One dentist quoted $1000. Seems too expensive for me.

I use a size 4 dental implant o-ring and I was able to get about 500 o-rings for about $10.00 on Amazon through Mr. O-Ring, which is also nicely tucked in my buying history, so I can easily find them again. I also later went to Mr. O-Rings site (www.mroring.com) and typed in their search box 004 nitrile o-ring it brings up 26 options, go till you see number N70004 I typed in quantity 500 it said $8.66 (that was on 10/1/2020), The staff at Affordable Dentures charged me $75.00 to put 3 new o-rings in my mouth, that's not very affordable (will never do that again) On vacation in Tennesee when I needed new ones while away from my stash of 500, I was able to get some immediately at Rural King where I got 3 small o-rings size 3/32 x 1/16 part #83291 for about $1.50 or so, in their plumbing department I had just pulled out the old one, and took it in and compared them. I knew to try there because I had purchased them before at my home town Rural King. I am currently trying to find a reasonably priced O-ring inserter because I want to save myself the money, but they are a little hard to handle, someone suggested vaseline or ky-jelly to make insertion easier. I pushed my in with tweezers, and a nut pick, like that you use at Christmas, it can be done, it just takes some work. Where there's a will, there's a way! Never hurts to ask, or Google, cause someone will know! It looks like you were asking this question sometime ago, but if you don't need the information now, someone else might find it handy. I know when I first started trying to find my size o-ring I read other people's comments to see where they were getting their stuff at! I also talked to people in the hardware stores that were knowledgeable about o-rings. Best of Luck to all of you who are on a mission to do it yourself. I know I don't have $75.00 to throw around, when it cost under $2.00 to buy through Rural King, and way cheaper than that when you get 500 for little of no money, I figured worse case scenario, even if I bought all the wrong sizes, and it cost me $75.00 to figured it out, it was going to be the last $75.00 I spent!

Found the o rings on E Bay. I would like help on how to remove and install the O rings in my dentures. thanks

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How do you know what size I have a black one and a red one

hi same problem, $65 each x 8 = $520 ridiculous plus $125 cleaning of which medicare pays $17.

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In USA You can order replacement kits of O-rings of all types . You must only ask for an offer for a kit of O-rings for your implants from Topcaliforniadentist (14052) I must tell You that the change of old rings is a litle difficult but is not impossible. I am 86 year old , but I used to change them myself