Dental Implant Surgery Risks: Bone Remodeling Complications & Screw Perforation

Risks to Consider

Dental reconstruction and dental restorative services significantly improve quality of life. In many cases, when seeking dental restorative services, it is not uncommon to rely upon the sole discretion of your dental specialist to make the decisions that are best for your oral health.

A common dental restorative service involves the use of implants. If your dentist, or oral surgeon, has recommended the use of dental restorative services, it is important to ask questions about not only the dental procedure but also the healing process and long term outcome.  Understanding not only the immediate effects of dental restorative treatment, especially with implants, but also the long term effects, will ensure you make the most educated decision.

Bone re-modeling is a concern associated with any type of implant procedure in dental care. In addition to bone re-modeling, there are risks for perforation with healing that can lead to adverse long term outcomes. One area of concern involves the risk for perforation, unintentionally, above the screw of the implant. While this type of perforation is unintentional, it does lead to adverse outcomes including risk for inflammation of the tissue, and loss of marginal bone. In the marginal bone, the protection of the gums and overall health is guarded. When the marginal bone is compromised, as in the loss of implant integrity or perforation at the screw level, you can expect there may be some overall physical health complications.

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