Unscrewing Dental Implants

Sam, a dentist, asks:

I have placed 4 dental implants in the 28 ,29, 30 and 31 areas. The patient called me the day after surgery to complain that his lip and chin are still numb.

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November 20, 2006 in Dental Implant Complications | Permalink | Comments (11)

Pain After Dental Implant Surgery

Michael, a dentist, asks:

I have placed 6 mandibular dental implants last week in a middle aged woman who has adequate bone height and width. The left side of is asymptomatic and healing well. The right side is extremely painful. 

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October 30, 2006 in Dental Implant Complications | Permalink | Comments (16)

Placing Implants Into Infected Area

A patient from New York asks us:            

I recently had a dental implant fail and my dentist told me that he would replace it in 3 weeks, which to me sounds rushed.

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October 9, 2006 in Dental Implant Complications, Patient Questions | Permalink | Comments (5)

Dental Implants that Spin in the Osteotomy

Dr. Gonzalez from New York asks:

I am wondering about others experiences regarding dental implants that spin in the osteotomy but that are not loose and clinically  seem to have no gap space from bone to fixture.

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October 9, 2006 in Dental Implant Complications, Surgical Placement of Dental Implants | Permalink | Comments (10)

Osteonecrosis Risk from Bisphosphonates?

David, a dentist, comments:
I am wondering if anyone has any comments on a recent study out of U of P Dental School that concluded that, “On the basis of 2 controlled clinical studies, oral bisphosphonate usage was not associated with occurrence of  osteonecrosis of the jaws (ONJ).” Do you think future studies will support this non-association or is the link between bisphosphonates and ONJ still a major concern despite this recent data?

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October 3, 2006 in Dental Implant Complications, Oral Bisphosphonates | Permalink | Comments (6)

Dental Implant Removal

Mary, a dental implant patient, asks:

I just had a dental implant put in a couple of weeks ago.  I'm experiencing quite a bit of pain.

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September 19, 2006 in Dental Implant Complications, Surgical Placement of Dental Implants | Permalink | Comments (14)

Bone Loss Around Upper Threads

Randy, a dentist, asks:

On several occasions patient have come to me with the beginning of bone loss around the upper threads of dental implants a couple of years after they were restored.  For some reason most were single dental implant cases (although not all) and they usually had proper restorations.

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September 12, 2006 in Bone Grafting, Dental Implant Complications | Permalink | Comments (24)

Failed Bone Graft?

Lucy, a dental implant patient, asks us:

I had a lower left molar extracted about 2 1/2 months ago. A bone graft was done at the time using synthetic graft material, in preparation for a dental implant. The dentist also put a membrane over the graft. The tissue over the extraction seems to be healing very slowly.

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September 5, 2006 in Bone Grafting, Dental Implant Complications | Permalink | Comments (15)

Exposed Dental Implant

Joan, a dental implant patient, asks us:

I had a dental implant placed and the sutures were removed 3 weeks ago. I have had pain in that area ever since the procedure was done.

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September 5, 2006 in Dental Implant Complications, Patient Questions | Permalink | Comments (7)

Tightening the Crown on an Implant

James asks us:

The threaded collar under my dental implant crown will not remain tight.  Therefore, my crown rotates on the implant (which is approx. ten years old, with a round body). 

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September 5, 2006 in Dental Implant Complications, Maintenance of Dental Implants | Permalink | Comments (5)