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I am wondering if anyone else has had this experience....
About 1 1/3 year ago I had to have my upper last molar removed. My dentist recommended that I get an implant placed, so after getting a graft and letting all that heal I had am implant placed approx. half a year after getting the tooth pulled. All went well, no pain, no issues. So after another half year I had a ceramic crown placed. All seemed fine after a couple of days (had some pain at first because my gum tissue had to be cut). Then several months later, something felt "off". But no pain and gums look fine too. Sometimes there would be slight "clicking" noise (for the lack of a better term), so I saw the dentist who checked on my implant and it was very slightly "mobile". My bite was off where the implant had been placed and the dentist ground the crown down a bit to fix that. Also he had me come back to check my night guard and there was small spot that was off too. He DID check the bite after placing the implant and it was all ok. So I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else????
I had to go in for an x-ray today and there is some improvement since my bite has been fixed, no more clicking noises and I have to go back in another month. Unfortunately I did not get to talk to the dentist, as he was busy with a patient, but he did look at my x-ray. I am wondering, what could have happened to shift something in my mouth to cause my bite to be off to begin with? Could the night guard be the cause? The night guard fits one the bottom teeth, so could they impact the upper crown? It just seems odd that a very small spot in my night guard could cause implant failure?
After I first was told that the implant might have to come back out, I did some research on line and read quite a few opinions by dentist who think that once an implant is loose at all, it is a failed implant. Is there even a chance my implant could still be ok?
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The first is a crown that is too "high". Not unusual. It happened to me a time or two and a simple adjustment took care of it.
The second is a possible loose implant. If so, I am pretty certain it has to come out. Once you lose the bone support, then there is nothing to hold it in.
The screw holding my implant "came loose" from the tooth which resulted in the entire tooth wiggling and effecting my bite. The dentist had to drill a hole in the implant, tighten the screw (or something like that) and refill the hole in my tooth. There was nothing wrong with the bone or how the screw was attached to the bone. He said that on a rare occasion that happened to an implant.
The screw holding my implant "came loose" from the tooth which resulted in the entire tooth wiggling and effecting my bite. The dentist had to drill a hole in the implant, tighten the screw (or something like that) and refill the hole in my tooth. There was nothing wrong with the bone or how the screw was attached to the bone. He said that on a rare occasion that happened to an implant.
When I heard the weird little noise, I was hoping that this was the issue.
I am glad that your situation worked out!
Not exactly sure what happened with me
The good news is that it "looks better" on the x-ray they did today. The dentist said that adjusting my mouth guard and by crown/bite could have the effect that the bone would attach to the implant again. The little noise did stop, thankfully. I just never read anything anywhere about a loose implant (even if only a tiny bit loose, like mine) being ok again.
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The second is a possible loose implant. If so, I am pretty certain it has to come out. Once you lose the bone support, then there is nothing to hold it in.
That is what I thought...
strangely enough it does feel like it is getting better after my bite has been fixed. No more weird little noise and it doesn't feel as "strange" as it did. Guess I will find out more in a month. The dentist told me that the bite caused the problem and that if tissue had not grown into the tiny space between the bone and the implant, then there might be chance for it to turn out ok.
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That is what I thought...
strangely enough it does feel like it is getting better after my bite has been fixed. No more weird little noise and it doesn't feel as "strange" as it did. Guess I will find out more in a month. The dentist told me that the bite caused the problem and that if tissue had not grown into the tiny space between the bone and the implant, then there might be chance for it to turn out ok.
germaine2626 is right- if the implant may be able to be tightened. I hope that works for you.
Thanks I hope so. Not looking forward to having this thing removed and then what????
I envy the people with great teeth. No amount of brushing and flossing seems to help mine and now, as I am getting older... it seems like the problems just don't end. Ha. I guess it could be worse though
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Thanks I hope so. Not looking forward to having this thing removed and then what????
I envy the people with great teeth. No amount of brushing and flossing seems to help mine and now, as I am getting older... it seems like the problems just don't end. Ha. I guess it could be worse though
I know what you mean. Seems like a new pain every day.
1) Implant itself - this is the large titanium screw that is placed into your bone
2) Abutment - this is the portion that sticks out of your gum and holds the crown. It is secured into the implant with a small screw
3) Crown - this is the white/ceramic "tooth". It is usually cemented onto the abutment. Sometimes, the abutment and crown are made as one piece are screwed into the implant with that aforementioned small screw.
If something is loose, it is very important to determine what exactly is loose. If the implant itself is loose, then that is a failed implant and everything needs to be removed. If the abutment and/or crown is loose, then that can usually be fixed by re-tightening the small screw, re-cementing the crown, or something like that.
Bottom line, a loose crown/abutment can be fixed/replaced relatively easy. Loose implant = game over.
1) Implant itself - this is the large titanium screw that is placed into your bone
2) Abutment - this is the portion that sticks out of your gum and holds the crown. It is secured into the implant with a small screw
3) Crown - this is the white/ceramic "tooth". It is usually cemented onto the abutment. Sometimes, the abutment and crown are made as one piece are screwed into the implant with that aforementioned small screw.
If something is loose, it is very important to determine what exactly is loose. If the implant itself is loose, then that is a failed implant and everything needs to be removed. If the abutment and/or crown is loose, then that can usually be fixed by re-tightening the small screw, re-cementing the crown, or something like that.
Bottom line, a loose crown/abutment can be fixed/replaced relatively easy. Loose implant = game over.
Thanks for the details. I believe that my "screw" came loose. It was very, very easy and inexpensive for the dentist to fix.
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Originally Posted by germaine2626
The screw holding my implant "came loose" from the tooth which resulted in the entire tooth wiggling and effecting my bite. The dentist had to drill a hole in the implant, tighten the screw (or something like that) and refill the hole in my tooth. There was nothing wrong with the bone or how the screw was attached to the bone. He said that on a rare occasion that happened to an implant.
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