Discussions on Dental Implant Complications
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Recent Dental Implant Complications Discussions
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Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes: Precautions to Take Before an Implant?
I have a male patient with rheumatoid arthritis and Type II diabetes. What additional precautions should I take before placing an implant?
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Paresthesia After Implant Placement: What Should I Do?
I placed implants in a 48 year old female patient. She is currently experiencing paresthesia of her lower right lip.
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Post-Operative Pain for Implant Patient: What Do You Recommend?
The implant patient complains of episodes of pain and heaviness in the area where the implant was placed.
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MRI After Dental Implant Placement: Can Patients Get One?
I have more and more patients that are asking if they can have a MRI after dental implant placement.
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Bone Loss Case: Defect 5 Weeks After Placing Single Piece 3mm UNO Implant
I now have a vertical defect on only the distal, but I am concerned since it is only 5 weeks out.
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Bone Loss Around Implant Case: Is this Periimplantitis?
My x-ray shows some bone loss around one of the implant fixtures. Could it be peri-implantitis?
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Mandibular Denture Pain: How to Approach This?
Now the patient is complaining of pain in his anterior mandible extending from the alveolar ridge to his chin. All objective the signs are still normal. How should I approach this?
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Keystone One-Stage Implant Discovered a Dehiscence: Should I Remove the Implant?
I placed a Keystone implant in #19 and upon completion of the installation, I discovered a dehiscence on the lingual side of the implant with one thread exposed.
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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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