Receding bone around implants
Bone sometimes tends to recede slightly around implants. You may not even feel any pain!
About 0.2 mm a year is considered „normal“. This is usually attributable to the implant system used, for example Astra® and Ankylos® implants hardly cause any recession at all. Actually, these systems often cause bone to accrue beyond the head of the implant, due to the conical connection of the abutments. Watch a video on this topic here.
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If bone recedes more than 0.2 mm, this may be due either to a bad positioning of the implant or an inflammation. Dentists call this peri-implantitis. This can only be treated in the initial stages, making regular check-ups‚ called re-calls, after implantation a must. This can help save your implant!
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An x-ray plainly shows the outlines of the bones.
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Watch a video on dental implants here!
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