So, you lost a couple of teeth some time back and have finally decided to have dental implants surgically installed so that you can go back your previously normal life. You have obviously read and heard a lot about the benefits of getting dental implants Toronto and fell it is high time you got one for yourself. But you also need to be aware of the fact that dental implants can also fail sometimes.
This article will discuss with you some of the reasons why dental implants fail and some of the steps that you can take to prevent them from failing. Here are nine causes of early dental implant failure.
1. Poor blood supply
Blood naturally supposed to clot any open wounds and also carry the necessary nutrients to any wounded part of the body to heal. But sometimes, you might find that blood fails to reach the area of the dental implant, which can slow or even halt the whole healing process. This can be as a result of a disease or blockage of blood reaching the operated area.
2. Autoimmune disease
These are illnesses which can cause the whole or part of the body’s immune system to start fighting itself, attack and even damage the body’s tissues. Mostly, it leads to the body rejecting the implant.
3. Medications
Some medications can also get in the way of having a successful dental implant. This is also another reason why you need to be completely upfront and honest with your dentist about any medications or drugs that you are currently taking or have taken in the past.
4. Poor health
Poor health can also be a cause of dental implant failure. Maybe you don’t take good care of your gums, teeth, or the entire body. This also has a chance of affecting the success rate of the dental implants which are less likely going to integrate with an unhealthy body when compared to a healthy one.
5. Infections
Infections also have a chance of destroying your dental implant’s chances of integrating successfully with your body. Peri-implantitis is one such infection which is quite common and can greatly affect how your dental implants will integrate with your body. These infections can begin during or even after the surgery.
6. Overloading
A typical dental implant procedure should be completed in two stages which are the insertion of the implant and placement of the crown and abutment. The time taken between these two stages ought to be enough to allow the implant to properly fuse with the jawbone. But there are cases where the dentist may opt to do one stage and immediately follow it with the other which makes the treatment shorter. This can sometimes lead to many problems, especially if the patient had poor bone density.
7. Rejecting the foreign body
There are instances where you find that the body rejects the dental implants entirely. It is the same as in the situations where the body rejects organ transplants. This is usually a rare case, but still very possible. The body may see the dental implant as some kind of malignant foreign object and reject any integration process.
8. Allergic reaction
Many dental implants are made of titanium alloy which can sometimes have traces of nickel, which can cause allergic inflammatory reactions in some patients.
9. Nerve/tissue damage
Sometimes the nerves or tissues around the implants can get damaged and subject the patient to a lot of pain or numbness and the sensation can sometimes even spread to other areas like check, chin, and tongue. In most cases, nerve or tissue damage occurs due to the dentist’s negligence or inexperience.
