Dental implant complications 25 June 2017 at 12:14PM in Health & Beauty MoneySaving 4 replies 2.1K views

Simba-ali34

Hello,

Just a gentle general question that if anyone has any experience with please leave a comment.

I am due to have an implant placed next month for a tooth that has been missing for 10 years. I had a scan which showed bone was OK. I'm worried that because it's been missing for so long they will hit a nerve and ruin sensation in my face. I asked if this is possible and apparently it will be fine and no bone graft is needed. Does this sound normal?

Toothsmith

Sounds perfectly reasonable. If the practice has done the scan, they can see all this.

As no one on here has seen you or any scan of you - then nothing useful can be added by us!

Simba-ali34

Thank you for the reply,

I was just paranoid because 10 years is a long time to be missing a tooth and was thinking a bone graft would be necessary.

Toothsmith

Sometimes they are, sometimes there's enough. You have to just assess the patient you can see in front of you.

I've just had a patient fitted with an implant retained bridge more than 30 yrs after she lost the teeth in the area. No graft necessary.

Implants can be a lot smaller nowadays - the great wads of bone that used to be needed aren't always necessary now. But - everyone is different, and individual advice pertaining to your case is always far more important than the very general advice that can be given over the internet.

mjmal51

Simba-ali34 wrote: »

Thank you for the reply,

I was just paranoid because 10 years is a long time to be missing a tooth and was thinking a bone graft would be necessary.

I had an implant 5 years ago, trouble free, and tooth had been missing for 40 years. No bone graft just straightforward implant procedure.