34^th American Dentistry Congress

Dental Implants, Risks and Complications

Dental implant is similar to tooth root which is surgically positioned on the jawbone below the gum line that let your dentist to set a replacement tooth. It makes you feel like a normal tooth, easier to speak and eat due to a titanium post secured directly in the jaw holds the implant in place. Dental implant risk includes Infection at the implant site, damage to surrounding structures, such as other teeth or blood vessels. Nerve damages causes pain, insensibility in your natural teeth, gums, lips or chin. Complications associated with dental implant are Screw loosening, Screw fracture, Cement failure, Fracture of veneering porcelain, Fracture of the framework in implant supported fixed partial dentures, Adverse soft tissue reactions and so on.