My wife died. I spiraled into depression, gained 150 pounds, stopped taking care of myself, developed gum disease, then diabetes. I started losing some teeth. Then I had a heart attack. I’m only 43. That was my wake-up call. I decided it was time to get my life together. Mostly because I knew if I […]
Feeling Slaughtered After Dental Implant Surgery
I’m worried something is seriously wrong with me after dental implant surgery. The way my dentist represented it, the surgery was an easy outpatient procedure and I’d be back to work the next day. I’m so far from that I’m afraid there are complications. I’m bruised as if I’d been beaten. I was unconscious during […]
Dental Implant with Metal Allergy
If I have a severe metal allergy can I still get a dental implant? I lost a tooth and I’d really like to replace it with the top of the line procedure. Candy M. Dear Candy, Absolutely! While I’m sorry you lost a tooth, I am glad you’re going for the best replacement advancements have […]
Gum Turning Gray After Dental Implants
I’ve been looking forward to getting dental implants for a while. While I like how the implant crown itself looks and love having a natural bite back without the wiggling of a removable partial, my gums above the implant crown look gray. I know infection can lead to dental implant failure. It doesn’t hurt, which […]
Will Dental Implants Work for a Stuntman with Bad Juju?
I’m a stuntman. I don’t know what’s going on with me at work lately but I’ve lost three teeth in the last few months. If this keeps up I won’t have any left. Would dental implants work for me to replace them or should I get a removable denture? Wayne B. Dear Wayne, You have […]
Botched Dental Implants?
Can you help me? When I went to this dentist my teeth were in bad shape. I knew that. He said he couldn’t save the teeth and suggested implant supported dentures. I was desperate and would have done about anything. After the surgery, I was in tons of pain. He said that would stop as […]
How Can I Stop Breaking My Dental Implants?
I’m so worried I’m never going to have teeth again. I’ve had dentures for a while and completely hated them. I finally saved up enough to get dental implants, but my dentist said I’d need some bone grafting first. I was willing to do anything to get implants so I agreed. We did the grafting […]
Dental Implant or Dental Crown?
I’ve got a tooth which has been nothing but trouble. First, it needed a filling. Then the tooth got worse and needed a root canal treatment. Now I’m told I’ll need a crown. My husband thinks I should just be done with this tooth and get a tooth replacement. I’ve looked it up and dental […]