{"id":455,"date":"2017-12-15T11:07:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T16:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/?p=455"},"modified":"2017-12-15T11:07:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T16:07:08","slug":"dental-implant-snaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/dental-implant-snaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Can&#8217;t I Keep a Dental Implant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know what to do. I&#8217;m on my third dental implant at the same spot and my dentist said he&#8217;ll only give it one more chance. I want to get it right this time. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s going on and maybe you can tell me what I&#8217;m doing wrong. I certainly can&#8217;t figure it out. I had a dental implant placed. It snaped off after three days. I didn&#8217;t eat anything hard with it because I was kind of babying it and working my way up to harder things.  The dentist offered to replace it for free but I needed bone grafting in order to have it placed.  I did that. Then after the next implant procedure was done and waiting period over, I got the next crown. A month later it broke off. I was even more careful the second time but it still didn&#8217;t stick. What do I do? I&#8217;m just about to have the next bone grafting done.<\/p>\n<p>Angela F.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Angela,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dental-implant-diagram.jpg\" alt=\"Dental Implant Diagram\" width=\"290\" height=\"293\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to tell you up front you are definitely not the problem. I&#8217;m very sorry your dentist is putting you through this.  There are some general reasons for dental implant failure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Infection<\/li>\n<li>Premature placement<\/li>\n<li>Cheap implants<\/li>\n<li>Improper Placement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Infection is the most common. Smokers are at the highest risk for this. You&#8217;d know if you had an infection so don&#8217;t worry about this one.  The next option is premature placement. That&#8217;s when your dentist doesn&#8217;t give the implant enough time to integrate and build up bone structure around it. I don&#8217;t think this is your problem. This generally manifests by the implant coming loose and falling out. That&#8217;s not what yours is doing. <\/p>\n<p>The most likely scenario for you is your dentist is using cheap implants. This is an example of when <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/affordable-dentist-libertyville.html\">cheap doesn&#8217;t equate with affordable<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/implant-dentist.html\">A dental implant<\/a> structure made in the United States will cost a dentist several hundred dollars. But, a dentist can get one made elsewhere for a few dollars. When they&#8217;re not properly made, they snap.  Though, another reason for them to snap is improper placement. Either one is your dentist&#8217;s fault.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Get a Succesful Dental Implant<\/h2>\n<p>Your dentist should have clued in to what was going on after the first failure. Because he didn&#8217;t, I&#8217;m concerned. I don&#8217;t think it will matter if you have him do it another time. He won&#8217;t get it right. You&#8217;re best bet is to ask him for a full refund. He should give it to you. If he doesn&#8217;t, there are any number of qualified implant dentists that will back you up if you go to them for a second opinion.<\/p>\n<p>I want you to look for a dentist with significant post-graduate implant training. For instance, Dr. Potts spent three years doing an internship at an implant institute. Have a dentist like that replace your implant for you, you&#8217;ll likely find you have a much better experience.<\/p>\n<p>This blog is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/affordable-dentist-libertyville.html\">Dr. David Potts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know what to do. I&#8217;m on my third dental implant at the same spot and my dentist said he&#8217;ll only give it one more chance. I want to get it right this time. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s going on and maybe you can tell me what I&#8217;m doing wrong. I certainly can&#8217;t figure it out. 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