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[The Goober]

About a year and a half ago I one of my molars (bottom right, second from the back) cracked and I had to have it pulled. (the damned thing previously had an abcess under it and I had to have 2 root canals, since the first guy didn't get it all out). I decided to go with an implant instead of a crown. I got the tooth removed and the titanium screw put in (with a cap on it) and was told that I needed to wait 6 months before getting the implant and the new crown put on.

In the meantime I changed jobs and lost my insurance (which was only covering a small part of this anyway) and just sorta forgot about the whole thing. It never bothers me, but I suppose I should finish this whole thing and get the new tooth put in. How much damage am I doing by waiting on this? When I feel it with my tongue, it doesn't seem like the tooth above the missing one has moved at all, but what do I know?