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Antibiotics for an Infected Dental Implant

Posted on September 30, 2022 by writeradmin.

I’ve got an old dental implant on my left front tooth. It was first placed in the 1990s with a crown over it. It’s started feeling loose. I traveled back to the dentist who placed it. He said it is infected and needs to be removed and that we could do a bridge to fill in the area. Can’t I just take antibiotics to fix this? I don’t want to go through all this.

Rob

Dear Rob,

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I’m glad you wrote. I think I can help you. First, let’s take a moment to be excited over your dental implant lasting over 30 years. That is some seriously good mileage. Great job taking care of it.

Why Antibiotics Won’t Work

While you had a good idea about antibiotics, it will not solve the issue here for your loose dental implant. Antibiotics will help with the current infection, but that infection has gone into the bone, which is why the implant is wobbly. That bone is lost and medication will not replace it. At some point, the implant will fail. In that case it is better to be proactive than spend all your time worrying if it will come out at an embarrassing moment.

What Are My Options

The implant will definitely have to come out. Either on its own unexpectedly or planned with your dentist. What you do from there is where you have some options. First, if you would rather have another implant to replace it, you can. However, that bone loss has to be addressed and you will need some bone grafting done in order to replace the needed structure to retain your new implant.

If you don’t want to do that, then the dental bridge your dentist suggested would be your next best option. It will not require any bone grafting. However, it will require the two adjacent teeth to be ground down in order to make room for dental crowns. If those teeth are healthy, you may not want to do that.

I hope this helps.
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Dental Bonding Does Not Match

Posted on September 21, 2022 by writeradmin.

I had some dental bonding done on a chipped tooth. My family dentist did the repair but the color is off and it makes it obvious that it is a repair for a chip. Should I have my dentist redo this or just go straight to someone else? If my dentist should be the one to redo it, should I be charged for the second procedure?

Amanda

Dear Amanda,

before and after a dental bonding repair

It is possible to get a beautiful, natural repair with dental bonding. However, your average family dentist will have a bit of trouble getting it to look that way. They are not generally invested or trained in cosmetic work, and it does require some specialized training as well as ingredients.

My recommendation is to give your dentist another chance. We all start somewhere. Just make sure he understands that if he can’t get the results to blend this time that he will give a refund and you’ll go somewhere else. You should not have to pay for the second appointment because he should have matched the color properly to begin with.

On the off chance that he can’t do it properly the second time, you might want to do some preplanning. You will want a dentist who not only has post-doctoral training but also has an artistic eye. I’d look at their smile gallery to see what type of results they get when they do composite bonding to make sure you will actually get good results this time around.

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