Guides
Something Is Wrong With My Implant
When something goes wrong with an implant already in place, nobody explains it. These pages separate a problem in the implant, in the prosthesis on it, and in the tissue around it.
Something Is Wrong With My Implant
- Bone Loss Around an Implant: Is It Normal?The line between bone change in early healing and inflammation around an implant: the 2017 definitions, comparing X-rays, when it is urgent, treatment.
- Broken Implant: Is It the Screw, Abutment or Crown?Is it the implant itself, its screw or its abutment that has broken? How often it happens, the signs, how a broken part is removed, re-implanting, prevention.
- Implant Metal Showing: A Grey Shadow in the GumImplant metal or a grey shadow in the gum: thin gum, recession or inflammation? Which cannot wait, what the dentist checks, and graft and crown options.
- My Implant Feels Loose: What Does It Mean?Is it the implant, the tooth on top or the screw that moves? They mean different things and differ in urgency. How to tell them apart and what not to do.
- Numbness After Dental Implants: When to WorryNumbness in the first hours is the anaesthetic. Numbness in the lip or chin that lasts into the next day can signal the implant sits close to the nerve.
- My Implant Has Failed: Why, and What Happens Next?Implant loss comes early or late, with different causes. Why it happens, what having the implant removed is like, and whether the area can take a new one.
- Bad Smell or Taste From an Implant: Why Does It Happen?A bad smell or taste from an implant: build-up under the bridge, the screw hole, inflammation around the implant. Safe checks at home, when to see a dentist.
- Inflammation Around an Implant (Peri-implantitis)Inflammation around an implant causes bone loss without pain. The first signs, the reversible stage versus the one that is not, treatment and prevention.
- Screw Loosening and Breakage in Fixed Implant BridgesWhy the screw in an implant bridge comes loose, what it means if it keeps happening, how a broken screw is removed and what not to do in the meantime.