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Implants in Patients Going Thru Menopause?
I have a number of female patients who are going through menopause and I’m wondering whether I should place implants in these patients.
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Torquing Produces Pain?
The surgeon placed a dental implant in #8 position and the surgery and healing were uneventful. When I went to torque down the abutment, the patient felt a sharp pain.
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Failing Calcitek Implants: Options?
Since the implants are Calcitek and they use prosthetic retaining screws, my dentist does not want to work on this problem.
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Implant Above Tissue: Prep the Margin on Implant Itself?
Due to the shallow placement of #10 I have found that the margin of the Astra Implant is above the tissue, which is unacceptable from an aesthetic perspective.
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Massive Bone Resorption: What Should I Do Now?
My treatment plan was to extract #12, 13 and 14 atraumatically, place bone graft material and allow the graft sites to heal for 5 months and then place implants.
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Numbness after Aborted Implant Surgery
I recently started placing dental implants. On my second case I decided to place a single, implant fixture in the #31 and #18 sites for a future bar over-denture.
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Patient with Paresthesia: What’s the Proper Treatment Plan?
Three months ago, I extracted #18 and immediately placed and replaced it with an ITI TE wide body with Bio-Oss graft and collagen membrane. I achieved primary closure. I prescribed Amoxicillin after the procedure. Paresthesia was present for two days post- operatively.
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Failing Dental Implant
Since this problem implant was put in, the 2 teeth nearest it, and that whole area of the jaw, have been wracked with pain and the natural teeth on either side of the implant are very sensitive to hot and cold.
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Bone Deteriorating Around Dental Implant
Recently, however, I went to my dentist and after taking a few x-rays, he told me that the bone around one of my implants was deteriorating rapidly.
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Implant Penetrates Adjacent Canine
Recently I placed a dental implant in the mandibular premolar area and inadvertently hit the mandibular canine.
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Dental Implants: Crown Margin Short?
However, I just inserted a crown where the margin was short of the abutment margin. Have any of you experienced this same problem?
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Odor from Dental Implants
If there is an odor when the dentist removes the screw to a dental implant, is that normal?
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Tingling Sensation After Implant Placement
I placed dental implants in #18 and #19 region three weeks ago and the patient has developed tingling/burning sensation in the chin area.
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Patient with Paget’s Disease
I would like to treatment plan this patient for dental implants but am reluctant to proceed until I know more about the interaction between Paget’s Disease and dental implants.
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Removing Dental Implants
My periodontist has found that there is an infection around these dental implants, which are my cuspids, with significant bone loss and suggests that I get them removed by a qualified oral surgeon.
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