Loose Teeth Dental Care

Loose Implant Restorations (Crowns)

Mitchell Pohl, DDS, Boca Raton FL

Crowns that are cemented onto a custom implant abutment or are screw retained can also have failure issues.

The implant abutment and/or threaded post that is normally torqued into an implant can become loose especially if there is any hint of lateral (sideways) force upon the restoration.

Technical errors, cementation failure and graft failure are also possible in some instances.

Regardless of how an implant crown intially becomes loose, it is imperative to seek treatment sooner rather than later. A loose crown can move enough to cause lateral forces to operate "against" a dental implant which becomes immediately telegraphed to the bone tissue at the implant site.

Left untreated for even a short time, the implant device can fail, requiring a new implant surgery often accompanied by additional bone grafting products.

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