Was the process worth the cost? Oh yeah, absolutely. Yeah, I mean it’s like having your tooth back.
Interviewer: Good. All right, David [SP]. So I wanted to ask you, when you… You were having a little trouble with a tooth a while ago, you came in. What was going on with that tooth of yours?
David: An old restoration completely broke off.
Interviewer: Okay. And how was that feeling when you came in?
David: It was feeling pretty bad. It had been broken for a couple weeks.
Interviewer: Okay. And you had quite an infection going on over there, as well, correct?
David: Yes, I did. Yes.
Interviewer: Okay. Well, did the doctor go over some options with you for replacing it, with some different options?
David: Yeah, he did, and I was a little concerned about the price, but from what he described, it sounded like the implant was the best one, so I went ahead and bit the bullet and went for the implant.
Interviewer: Okay. Well, how was the process of getting the implant done?
David: It wasn’t too bad. There was some healing in between doing different things, so there was some waiting, I kind of wished it had been done all at once, but that’s normal.
Interviewer: Okay, good. Are you glad that you chose to get the implant?
David: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, absolutely. Yeah. It was like replacing my tooth, essentially, and now it’s like it never was missing.
Interviewer: Yeah.
David: So when I look back on the options, it’s like that was really the only option, was to do what I did.
Interviewer: Okay, good. So you think the price was worth it, then?
David: Oh yeah, absolutely. Yeah, I mean it’s like having your tooth back.
Interviewer: All right, awesome. So would you recommend this to somebody else if they were missing a tooth, then?
David: Yeah, I’m afraid…just, you could look at the options, maybe talk to other people, what they’ve had done, but replacing a tooth is really replacing the tooth, and you’re all done with it.
Interviewer: Yeah. All right, well, thank you.
David: Okay.
As a second-generation dentist,Dr. Matiasevich was raised in Santa Cruz. Dr. Matiasevich completed his undergraduate work in economics at the University of California Irvine and then attended the University of Southern California for his dental degree.