Implants – Follow Up Risks

Preventive care and possible disruptions of the healing process after the placing of implants.

Success Rates of Dental Implants and their Preconditions

During the first 3-4 months, the implant should not be exposed to overly pressure from biting. Any feeling of improper fit regarding the temporary part of the implant should urge you to contact your dentist immediately. After 2-3 days, the oral cavity may be cleaned by carefully executed flushing sessions. The consumption of tobacco, tea, caffeine, fruit juices, and alcoholic beverages are the habits that will certainly have to be abandoned. As soon as the stitches have been taken out, the greatest care should be given to oral hygiene; and regular checks by your dentist are meant to prevent an inflammation of the wound, with all its potential repercussions on your well being. By adhering to appropriate oral care and constant medical follow-up examinations, the question as to whether the implantation is going to be a success is now almost completely in the hands of the patient.

Side Effects and Potential Risks

• After the insertion of implants, swellings may occur as well as some pain cause by the wound itself.
  
  
• In case of severe bleedings, a renewed stitching of the wound could turn out to be beneficial. Even so, an operatively forced staunch of blood is sometimes the only way to go.
  
  
• In the early planning phase, and prior to the actual dental treatment, the medical dentist determines the optimal location of the implant so as to guarantee that no complications arise from the process of osseosintegration. However, since the condition of the human body is always individual, it may happen that even during the operation things turn out to be worse than expected and the dentist has to decide against a continuation of the treatment and instead needs to abandon the idea of inserting an artificial root replacement altogether.
  
  
• The most advanced dental care or the best dentist surgery alone is not able to ensure per se the perfect fit of the implant. And so, though removals of the already implanted replacement are very rare, they can absolutely occur. In such a case, a new implantation plan would be set up as soon as the healing process is completely finished.
  
  
• As it is with other surgical proceedings, the implantation of exogenous materials into the human body potentially can lead to local inflammations or disruptions of either the osseointegration or the general healing and regeneration process, through which every patient has to go. It should also be noted that, fundamentally, unanticipated problems may occur during the operation and can lead to the damage of neighboring teeth.
  
  
• Some cases are reported in which the lingual nerve has been severely affected. Here, the implantation has affected the lingual nerve inside the lower jaw. However, the feeling of numbness in the area of the tongue affected is mostly of temporary nature as are short-lived occurrences of dysgeusia.