Permanent Denture using implants

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SASH
SASH Member Posts: 421 Member
edited August 2022 in Head and Neck Cancer #1

I just found this out as it happened to me on Saturday, January 25.

My permanent lower denture came out.  This was held in place by 4 screws that went into posts implanted into my lower jaw.  With time, these screws can become weak based upon eating and possibly griding teeth while sleeping.

On Saturday, my entire lower permanent denture came out and based upon the Maxillary surgeon 3 of the screws were broken and the forth came out with the abutment which was also broken. 

She said that the screws should be replaced every couple of years, but she never mentioned that before. 

So anyone that has a permanent denture fastened to implants, check with your provider if you should have the screws replaced.

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  • wbcgaruss
    wbcgaruss Member Posts: 2,275 Member
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    A bummer of an experience. Maybe even a little depressing. I know how I feel when a tooth would break and a filling come out and you don't know if it can be fixed or you are going to lose a tooth. I certainly hope the dentist can get your screws back in place and install your plate so you are back to normal again. Take Care-God Bless

  • Logan51
    Logan51 Member Posts: 464 Member
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    wbcgaruss said:

    SASH Sounds Like

    A bummer of an experience. Maybe even a little depressing. I know how I feel when a tooth would break and a filling come out and you don't know if it can be fixed or you are going to lose a tooth. I certainly hope the dentist can get your screws back in place and install your plate so you are back to normal again. Take Care-God Bless

    Sash

    Sash

    Thanks for the info- SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER.

  • SASH
    SASH Member Posts: 421 Member
    edited January 2020 #4
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    wbcgaruss said:

    SASH Sounds Like

    A bummer of an experience. Maybe even a little depressing. I know how I feel when a tooth would break and a filling come out and you don't know if it can be fixed or you are going to lose a tooth. I certainly hope the dentist can get your screws back in place and install your plate so you are back to normal again. Take Care-God Bless

    Partially fixed

    Mine was fixed today with replacing 3 of the 4 screws and a new abudment was ordered so the 4th screw can be added when that abutment is replaced in 6 months.

    I just wanted to warn those in a simular situation to check with their provider to make sure it doesn't happen to them.

     

  • royrada
    royrada Member Posts: 15 Member
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    Hi Sash, I also have serious dental problems but this comment is not about dental problems but trying to leave the tool of messaging which seems to have failed me and going to the mode of discussion board. We were discussing by messaging my search for a primary care doctor near Orlando who knows about long-term adverse effects of radiation. Thank you, Roy Rada

  • SASH
    SASH Member Posts: 421 Member
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    I don't know about doctors in the Orlando area, especially those that know about long-term side effects of radiation. In terms of dental, I had this issue and I was referred to a Maxillary Facialist who specialized in patients with high dose radiation to the face/neck. He has since retired at the beginning of the pandemic, but he was able to successfully remove the remaining bottom teeth, deal with my Radio Osteo Necrosis, and do 4 implant posts to support a lower permanent denture. I've had this now for about 6 years. And since it was the result of my radiation treatment, they were able to get it approved under my medical insurance.

    I need to get my top ones done, but those are harder to get approved on Medical insurance. This is something I am working on with the new Maxillary Facialist who took over for my original doctor.

  • royrada
    royrada Member Posts: 15 Member
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    Thank you very much for further explaining. I had been living around major, research medical centers, such as Hopkins and Univ Colorado, and have NOT learned how to cope in the Orlando environment. I'm sorry to read about your extreme dental problems. For my dental care I went in Baltimore to the Univ Md. Dental School and Univ Co. Dental School. I'm on Medicare and for my root canal and extraction at Univ Co. I paid myself. Thank you for the tip about the possibility of getting medical insurance to cover dental work when the etiology of the dental problem is radiation for neck cancer. You know more than me about many aspects of our shared diseases, but I can read the medical literature and offer to try to help you should you feel that I could. Roy

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