Dental Implant Complications

If an implant isn't properly maintained and kept clean, one can indeed come down with peri-implantitis, where the bone and gums around the implant becomes inflammed. When that happens, the implant will loosen and fall out. Once that happens, there is no replacing it.

Implants are not cheap. It's an investment that you must protect through meticulous home maintenance– Floss and brush every day, regular 6 month cleanings (and the dentist must use a special plastic scaler to avoid scuffing up the implant).

Dental implants on average cost around $3000 per implant. But depending on where you live the price may go up. Dental implant are usually titanium implants placed in your gum and crown that matches your teeth in placed on the implant. Regarding success/failure rate of implants with modern advances in technology and expertise gained by implant dentists the success rate has gone up vastly unless you need bone grafts/gum grafts. Even in the case of grafts with proper drugs and treatment the success rate of implants has improved greatly. The whole process can last upto months or more depending on how fast your titanium implants integrate with your gums and how soon they are able to match and get the right sort of crowns for your implants.

I am not sure about how they compare with root canals.

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Not very. The main problem with periodontitis (the reason teeth are lost) is loss of bone in your jaws. This happens because the tissue reacts to plaque and bacteria that builds up on the teeth and under the gumline. Taking the teeth out will stop this process, but putting implants in will just mean going through the same thing all over again. Implants are also a lot harder to take care of than dentures, which you just have to pop out and clean whereas implants have to be taken care of just like real teeth.

What you should do now is focus on keeping the teeth you have, and your condition should improve. Make sure your diet doesn't include a lot of sugary or sticky foods (which sit on the teeth and under the gums and create hives of acid-producing bacteria.) It would also be a good idea to see a doctor or dietician to get your hypoglycemia under control. Studies show that periodontal conditions improve in well-controlled diabetics vs. poorly controlled diabetics, although how this works isn't known.

Brushing 2-3 times per day is CRUCIAL, as is flossing. If you don't do this, you might as well have your teeth out now while you still have enough bone to hold a denture. You should also go for regular cleanings every 3-6 months to have a deeper root cleaning. If you can find a dental hygiene or dental school close to you, this is very inexpensive.

With all of those factors in check, there is no reason for your teeth to be lost. It's much more functional and cheaper for you in the long run to preserve them, although it may take a bit of work.

yes i would ): or just be a cute old lady wiff no teeth

We can rebuild him.
We can make him stronger. Faster than before.

I have dental implants and I agree you might have food stuck around the implant. Have you tried flossing the area? You also could just have a canker sore too. You need to get to the doctor. Does it hurt to bite down? Sometimes I have irritated my gums and it isn't the implant at all but something I did. I rinsed with salt water or peroxide solution and it healed. When is the last time you had a cleaning? You need to do this every 6 months. I also use a waterpik do you?

Do get to the dentist soon though. It might not be a big deal.

It sounds like you (and your dentist) have already made up your minds about this tooth…

Since the root canal treatment has been started, after it's healed a core or post & core will be placed, along with a temporary crown. Teeth become brittle after root canal treatment, so it's common and advised to have a crown placed over it for additional support. Once the impession has been taken for the permanent crown, you should have it inserted within three weeks, since it has to go to a lab to be made.

If you opted to extract the tooth, an implant would have been one of your options, provided you are a candidate for one. The other option would be a permanent bridge.

Implants are not covered by insurance companies, and are rather pricey. (You didn't say if you had insurance or not, so I thought I'd add this in). It also takes longer to have an implant, since you have to wait 4-6 months to see if your body accepts or rejects it… then the healing cap gets removed, the implant placed, and the impression for the crown.

Good luck to you!

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