Dental Implants in a Cleft Palate

Mark, a dental implant patient in Pennsylvania, asks:                   

I was born with a bilateral cleft palate. My two front teeth have been diagnosed with extensive external root resorption. I've gotten several opinions, and the consensus is extraction/graft with dental implants.

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December 18, 2006 in Dental Implant Contraindications, Patient Questions | Permalink

Playing Musical Instruments after Implant Surgery?

A concerned parent asks:

My son lost his upper right front permanent tooth when he was 12 years old.  Now he's almost 18 and getting ready for a dental implant in January 07. The plan is to remove his wisdom teeth and use this bone for grafting and then place a dental implant.

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December 3, 2006 in Patient Questions | Permalink

Pregnancy and Dental Implants

Petra, a dental implant patient, asks:

I am a dental implant patient and I recently experienced an implant failure in a rather unexpected way. I had the dental implant (lower jaw in the back) for about 4 years without any complications whatsoever.

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November 20, 2006 in Patient Questions | Permalink

Age Factor for Dental Implants?

Holly, from New Brunswick, asks:

My mother is 70 years old and is considering dental implant surgery. She's had a full upper denture plate for most of her adult life and she hopes to avoid the pain, bleeding, and endless re-fittings that her own mother endured in the years before her death at 94. She's been told that due to lack of bone, however, she would need a graft (from the hip).

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November 6, 2006 in Patient Questions | Permalink | Comments (10)

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)

Multiple Failed Bone Grafts

Yvette, a dental implant patient from New Jersey, asks us:
My periodontist suggested to have a bone graft done before any dental implant placement. When I went back after 4 months, he told me that I lost a lot of bone after he was doing some drilling, and that he has to do another bone graft.

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September 25, 2006 in Bone Grafting, Patient Questions | Permalink | Comments (10)

Should My GP Place Implants?

Ann, a patient, asks us:

I am 48 years old. Last year, my general dentist extracted my top back molar due to "too little tooth structure left to the crown".  He told me that he hoped my wisdom tooth would move in to fill void. So far, it hasn't.

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September 25, 2006 in Patient Questions | Permalink | Comments (35)

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)

Numbness After Implants

Dr. Joglekar, a dental implant patient, asks us:

I had dental implants last year for missing  teeth. Within hours of the placement of mandibular dental implants, I developed profound numbness on the right half of lower lip.

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August 28, 2006 in CT Scanning, Patient Questions | Permalink | Comments (63)

Ideal Number of Dental Implants

Philip, a dental implant patient, asks us:                     

I am a 49-year-old male from the UK and suffering from advanced gum disease. I have a few teeth left but they are extremely mobile and they will have to be extracted.

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August 21, 2006 in Patient Questions | Permalink | Comments (4)