Pregnancy and Dental Implants

Last Updated: Nov 20, 2006

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.

However, during my
second pregnancy and while breastfeeding it started to become a bit
loose. The dentist thought the abutment was loose and tried to tap off
the crown to screw it tight again. However, the crown would not come
off.

It seems that the wrong (permanent instead of temporary) cement
was used originally. An x-ray showed that the dental implant was completely
fine, no significant bone loss, no inflammation. A few weeks later the
dental implant was loosened and came out with the crown still cemented to it.

My question is did my body reject the dental implant after 4 years because
of my pregnancy? Or did the dentist pull too hard when he tried to
remove the crown? What happened? Is there any data regarding pregnancy and dental implants?

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Nalee

06/14/2020

I’ve tried and tried to search for answers and came across your post. I had my implants for 4 years and no problems at all. I went to New York and I remember feeling faint and dizzy. My tooth started hurting and my crown fell out when we were having dinner. When I arrived back home, I took a pregnancy test and it was positive. I unfortunately lost the twins due to being septic. Same situation, once again. I was getting the same faint and dizzy feeling at work. My tooth is again wobbly and in such pain. I called my dentist right away. They prescribed me amoxicillin and asked me to come in on Monday. My nipples are leaking, I’m more tired than usual, very moody, no interest in intercourse. You see where I’m going here? Im scared and don’t know what to do going further. I don’t want to lose this baby.

Charl

07/22/2020

Hi please can you tell me more as to what happened? Does one lose dental implants when you fall pregnant? I have to get 2 implants now and in a few years I want a baby. Will this cause me to loose the teeth?

Aaaa

01/12/2021

It happened the same to me.Four years with my implant and everything was ok.After 4 years my implant is loose and I learned I’m pregnant.Even if you don’t eat the baby find a way to eat and to get the calcium that is missing(from the root of your teeth).That’s why most of the women have problem with their teeth during and after pregnancy.

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