I’ve recently been diagnosed with sarcoidosis. This diagnosis occurred shortly before I was in a car accident that cost me a tooth. I’ve been told that dental implants are the best tooth replacement but my dentist said he doesn’t place them on patients with sarcoidosis. Will this be the case with every dentist? Miranda Dear […]
Why Do My Dental Implants Keep Breaking?
Can you tell me what my alternatives are? I had a dental bridge and ended up losing one of the anchor teeth. With two molars gone, my dentist suggested that getting dental implants will be the best treatment. I agreed and went through the bone grafting procedure and healing time. Then, I had the dental […]
Keys to Avoiding Dental Implant Failure
I am doing research on dental implants because I need two of them. I read that there are some serious horror stories out there. I’ve narrowed down my dentists. Here are some differences in them. Can you tell me what is best in these differences? One requires CT scans. The other says it is not […]
Dental Implant Disaster
I paid nearly $40k for a full-mouth reconstruction. All my teeth were crowned and quite a few had dental implants as well. Almost half the crowns have fallen off and I have nothing but stubbed teeth or implant fixtures in my mouth and eating is one of the most painful things I do. Can you […]
Dental Implants Came Out in a Week
I had six dental implants placed and so far three have them have fallen out in less than a week. I paid for half of this procedure up front. Should I be expected to pay the second half if they’ve fallen out? Benjamin Dear Benjamin, I am wondering, because of the number of dental implants, […]
3 Attempted Procedures and No Dental Implants
My dentist said he could provide me with a dental implant. The first time he tried, he had to stop the surgery and told me I needed bone grafting done in order to have enough support to keep the implant in. We did the bone grafting then gave it time. When it was ready, we […]
Dental Implant Incompetence
I had a dental implant placed. I felt like something wasn’t right and went in to have it looked at. My dentist said the crown was probably loose so he started to take it off and re-cement it. However, it wasn’t coming off and he had to use a special tool. When he finally did […]
Should I Trust Comfort Dental?
I had to have my front four teeth replaced. When I did that, I went to comfort dental which provided me with a dental bridge. The bridge was anchored to my canine teeth which then became loose themselves. From there, they removed those and then provided me with a partial denture. I’ve hated that and […]
Sinus Perforation with Dental Implant
I’m a bit concerned about my post-operative care with my dental implant procedure. About six months later, he decided we needed to remove the implant because the bone was building around the area. He told me after the procedure that the dental implant perforated the sinus by only a few millimeters. He acted like that […]
Dental Implant Emergency?
I’m a couple of months into my dental implant procedure. I noticed yesterday it started feeling different. When I pushed on the surrounding area it was sort of malleable. I left it alone and decided I’d call on Monday because we were going into the weekend. Today, though, my whole jaw is swollen and I […]