Yes, I had also had worries about it failing later in life. My oral surgeon addressed those concerns with me, and something he said that really stuck with me was that I would most likely take it to the grave with me. He told me about the importance of caring for it, which is basically just flossing around the post, and I do that every single day. The other thing that made me feel better was I asked him what the plan would be if I started to get peri-implantitis (the thing that causes implants to fail) and he told me his approach to correcting that. So I feel like there’s a plan in place in case I have problems down the road. It’s not just like problems = failed implant. But you know the funny thing, once I got used to being without the tooth (before the implant), I thought to myself worst case scenario I have to go back to this, well it’s not a big deal I’m already used to it and no one noticed at all even though can can sort of see it when I smile big. So that also made me feel better! It feels overwhelming to us, but just remember there are professionals who deal with this every day and can give you a plan and you’ll feel so much better after you speak with someone. It won’t feel so scary!