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Discussions on Dental Implant Complications

Welcome to the Dental Implant Complications Section of OsseoNews.com, where you can research, and participate in discussions about Dental Implant Complications. It's the one place where dentists, surgeons, and industry experts share their knowledge on Dental Implant Complications.

Recent Dental Implant Complications Discussions

• Bone has Resorbed on the Buccal Cortical Plate: What Should I Do Now?

  After 1 year, the bone has resorbed on the buccal cortical plate and there is only a thin gingival layer of tissue over the labial aspect of the implant fixture.

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• Mucus Retention Cyst Causing Pain in Implant Patient?

  Patient is indicating dull throbing pain in area above the implant.

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• Implant Crown Sunk into Tissue and is Mobile: Any Insight?

  Unfortunately, one month later the implant crown has sunk about 3 mm’s into the tissue and is a little mobile

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• Broken Implant Fixture: What Do You Recommend?

  How do I get the implant out without destroying the buccal cortical plate?

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• Implant Failure: How To Handle the Situation?

  I have a patient who has had 2 implant failures in site for tooth #9.

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• Bone Loss on the Mesial: Proper Treatment Plan?

  I placed an implant fixture #5 area and recently a radiograph revealed a small amount of bone loss on the mesial.

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• Inferior Alveolar Nerve Quite Unusual: Any Ideas?

  The inferior alveolar nerve space is quite unusual in that it is over 10mm in height and over 4mm in width.

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• Placing Implant in Cystic Area?

  Recently we extracted a lower left second premolar [#20] which had a huge periapical odontogenic cyst.

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• Treating a Fractured Implant Fixture?

  Does anyone have experience with treating an implant fixture that fractured under occlusal loading?

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• Bone Loss and Purulence Around Implant: Correct Procedure?

  I noticed pus discharge on finger pressure on the labial side and radiographs show bone loss in the shape of crater up to the 3rd thread of the implant.

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• Implant Patient has Persistent Metal Taste in Mouth: Recommendations?

  On 5/5/09 I placed a Zimmer implant at #10 with no flap in a very atraumatic placement and placed a metal healing cap in a 32 yo male in good health. Later, the patient called and said he had a metal taste within 2 hours of the surgery.

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• Patient with Tetralogy of Fallot: Complications during Implant Placement?

  I have a male patient with Tetralogy of Fallot who has been treatment planned for implants.

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• Can Reuteri Tablets Cause Implant Failure?

  This is apparently the first time the oral surgeon has had such a high failure rate with regard to osseointegration and he is of the opinion that the implant failure was caused by my use of Reuteri.

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• Submit Tissue Around Failed Implant for Biopsy?

  The problem is that I recently had one implant fail. What I have done is to remove the implant, curette the area and place bone graft. I have prescribed 2 weeks of antibiotics.

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• Heavy Metal Poisoning: Potential Implant Complications?

  I have several patients that I have treatment planned for implant placement and restoration who have suffered from heavy metal poisoning – such as mercury.

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• Late Facial Swelling After Implant Placement?

  The dental implant patient had the denture for the whole weekend and she presented three days later with a swelling under her nose and seems to extend from the left central incisor area to the left canine area.

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• Implant Fixture Too Close to Root of Adjacent Tooth: Will it Osseointegrate?

  I placed one implant on the #13 site [maxillary left second premolar] but underestimated how far from the maxillary first premolar I should have drilled the pilot hole. If I leave the implant fixture as is, will it osseointegrate?

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• Can Dental Implants Cause Sarcoma?

  The authors of a recent article in the ADA journal report on a case of osteosarcoma that might potentially have been caused by a dental implant.

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• Suture Lost Exposing the Implant: What to Do?

  The patient still has some throbbing pain in the area upon palpation and the implant is still exposed. What should I do next?

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• Implants Too Close: How to Proceed?

  I placed 6 BioImplant Implants, and two of them are too close, 1mm more or less of distance, what should I do at this point?

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• Implants in Patients with Sjogren’s Syndrome?

  Has anyone had the experience placing implants into people with Sjogren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disease where the flow of tears and saliva are greatly reduced due to inflammation of the lacrimal and salivary glands?

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• Assessing Osseointegration: Is there a Predictable Way?

  Has anyone come up with a predictable way to determine if an implant is truly integrated at the time of uncovery?

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• Failing 3i Nanotite Implant: Anyone Experience This?

  I am an oral surgeon and I recently placed 2 dental implants in #18 and #19 sites — 3i Nanotite tapered 4mm x 11.5mm.

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• Possibility Implant Has Moved?

  I checked my photographs of the placement and found that I had placed the implant in the middle of the ridge, Is it possible that this implant has moved?

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• Bruxism: Suggestions for Affordable Treatment?

  I have a patient who is a severe night time bruxer and has a gag reflex and I fear if I place dental implants and make a u- shaped overdenture his bruxing will destroy the implants.

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