Hi Bryanna, I went back to my surgeon's about a week after my surgery and he said everything looked good. Two weeks later I went back and when he looked in my mouth he found that it looked like I had gotten an infection (again!).

He quickly removed the screw and flushed out the infection and told me that it was just the screw that had gotten infected and also that the screw may have been irritating the tissue, but that the graft looked good still and that everything should be alright. I am now taking antibiotics four times a day. It's been about three days since the screw was removed and I'm having a bit of a strange sensation where it was removed from.
It's not exactly pain or discomfort, but just an odd sensation that I notice. It's hard to explain. The best way I can describe it is just that I feel it (it's not a feeling of the stitch that was put in rubbing against my mouth or something like that). Anyways, I'm paranoid that something is going wrong again, as I clearly haven't had any good luck thus far. Any advice? Thanks!

Hi Sundaybest,

The awareness that you feel could be inflammation or something else. I really could not speculate as to what it might be. If you are concerned about about it then it would be wise to see your oral surgeon.

Sorry I couldn't be of help to you with this..
Bryanna

Hi I'm wondering why your oral surgeon is using either mesh or screws to hold in the graft. This would typically be done if the facial or lingual wall was gone. In your case these teeth were never there so that bone should be intact. Also after removing your failed implant the site should have been cleaned and left to heal on its own. Your body will replace the missing bone on its own. Unless he placed the implant in a narrow site and blew out a wall while placing it or did he tap up your sinus? Signs of infection is bad taste swelling puss pain.

Flkeulargo,

This person was congenitally missing these teeth. Which means she had an anomaly in the bone being that there was little height or width to the bone in those areas especially as she went through the ortho. Bone will naturally fill in but the surgeon is basically relying on the graft material to encourage the growth of new bone for the implants to integrate into. This can be challenging in an adult patient more so than a teenager due to the decreased rate of natural bone growth and healing factors.

I agree that the site where the implant failed should have been thoroughly cleaned out during the removal of that implant and left to heal for several weeks or so before attempting to do it again. I am not clear on the sequence of events based on what this patient posted here. So maybe that did take place and she didn't explain it that way...??

I hope this person posts again and updates us on her present status!

Bryanna