Tooth Implant

Steve-o

Toothsmith wrote: »

Competitive sportspeople can have really bad dental diets!!

There's a lot of carbo grazing and the sports drinks can be terrible! I have problems with it with my cycling. (I'm not competitive, but I do do a fair milage each week.)

Very, very true (student Dietitian here). Dental health and optimal nutrition for sport don't always go hand-in-hand!

I've no idea if this would be realistic during races, but during training (and rehydrating with energy+ drinks) could you either chew on gum or suck on something non-sugary? The thinking behind this is that the saliva would help negate the acids from the drink, and from the sugar-fed bacteria on your teeth. As someone who is thinking of taking up running to get fit, and who also does not have perfect teeth, it's something I've been considering myself to get around the problem of using energy drinks to rehydrate.

Toothsmith, would chewing (sugar-free!) gum be of any use in reducing the damage of energy drinks during training?

Steve-o

DocLem wrote: »

I only really use those sugary sports drinks for longish races (circa 1-2 times a month) but I do graze throughout the day rather than eat large meals (ironic that healthy eating advice contradicts dental eating advice!).

My lecturer described it thus (paraphrased): optimal nutrition is a balancing act between a diet that most benefits the body as a whole, and one that serves the desired nutritional purpose.

I guess the message (for athletes at least) is that optimal sports nutrition is gonna have some less-than-positive effects on other areas of the body. :think:

Toothsmith

Parisien wrote: »

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donteatthat

I am treating a lot of decay at the moment in professional sports people. I think its the drinks? Don't they have both sugar and citric acid?

Implants - please get them done locally. Its not worth the hassle abroad as things can, and do go wrong even in the most skilled hands.

The costs will depend on the system as the component parts required can vary massively. I would ask how many fixtures the dentist places a year, and their individual sucess rate, then decide where to go based on that. You don't want to go for the cheapest fixture, only to find their sucess rate is poor as remedial treatment often incurs greater costs.

absolutebounder

My implants was ok for 4 yrs but has just started coming loose. Any suggestions or is it going to have to come out

Toothsmith

absolutebounder wrote: »

My implants was ok for 4 yrs but has just started coming loose. Any suggestions or is it going to have to come out

Get it checked out - preferably at the place where it was done.

There are many possible causes - some simple, some not!

a3dental

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Am i the only one who sees something funny in travelling to dracula's homeland for tooth implants? Will they be particularly long and pointy?