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Help - another dental implant surgery question
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Help - another dental implant surgery question
The screw thingy from the implant is coming up - is it being rejected?????
Message edited 3/4/2009 6:51:44 PM.
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Posted 3/4/09 6:48 PM  |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: Help - another dental implant surgery question
your healing cap is probably loose, which is not a big deal but you don't want to swallow it so you should have it checked. do you have any pain or swelling?
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| Posted 3/4/09 7:13 PM |
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Re: Help - another dental implant surgery question
Posted by KellyFG
your healing cap is probably loose, which is not a big deal but you don't want to swallow it so you should have it checked. do you have any pain or swelling?
No swelling - just a lot of tenderness and discomfort because the flipper is on top of it - so that round metal thing isn't the actual implant, just the healing cap? It can come up without it meaning the implant is being rejected?
After the pain of the surgery, the healing, and the $1500, my biggest fear is this thing not taking!!!!
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| Posted 3/4/09 7:33 PM |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: Help - another dental implant surgery question
the part that is in your jaw bone is the actual implant. Its a cylinder with an internal thread. While it heals you are waiting for your bone to grow to the implant-its called osseos-intergration. That will take a few months, until then you have something called a "healing cap or healing abutment" which is basically a special screw to a) fill the cylinder space temporarily b) prevent your gum tissue from growing where it doesn't belong.
We use torque drivers to attach implant parts to prevent things coming loose but often Drs will not torque down healing caps at the time of surgery because everything is too new.
When the time comes the healing cap will come off, you'll have impressions taken & a permanent abutment & crown will be fabricated & the healing cap & flipper are no longer of any use to you.
Are you scheduled for a followup anytime soon? if not you should call, I'm sure that they'll want to tighten that cap.
I hope that helps & I'm sorry if this reply is a mess but I'm trying to cook while I type
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| Posted 3/4/09 7:42 PM |
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Faithx2
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Re: Help - another dental implant surgery question
I agree with Kelly--sounds like they just need to tighten the healing cap 
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| Posted 3/5/09 1:57 PM |
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