Numbness After Implants | OsseoNews Discussions on Dental Implants
Numbness After Implants | OsseoNews Discussions on Dental Implants: "Dear Rhonda,
I am sorry to hear of your problem. However, nerve damage is one of the possible complications to placing dental implants on the lower jaw molar area. No matter how experienced the dentist or oral surgeon is, sometimes it happens. This is the same in every field of surgical intervention. Such incidences happily are rare when reasonable care is taken, but like I said, it happens even to the best of doctors. But to the patient it happens to, such knowledge brings only a little consolation. From your account, I would agree generally with what your regular dentist has told you. The damage has already been done at the time of surgery and the backing out of the implant was the right step. But nerves have a notoriously unpredictable pace of recovery. It depends on exactly how much damage was inflicted. The accurate assessment of such damage however is very difficult even with the most advanced imaging systems. Also, the healing of nerves is still not completely understood. Lots of research has been done on the healing of nerves and the factors involved together with stem cell research. Christopher Reeves(Superman)’s saga highlighted to the whole world how hard we are trying to understand nerve healing and conversely how little we actually know and how helpless we are when it comes to repairing damaged nerves. The overall lesson is to try your best not to damage them and when the damage is done, remove the causative factors as quickly as possible within reason. I agree with your regular dentist in that totally removing the implant at this stage will not improve the situation significantly. Also, the tingling and itchy sensation is a sign of healing. How complete the healing is, only time will tell. But it is encouraging to observe that it is improving with time. All the best and my best hopes for a complete recovery.
Dr.KFChow Malaysia
I am sorry to hear of your problem. However, nerve damage is one of the possible complications to placing dental implants on the lower jaw molar area. No matter how experienced the dentist or oral surgeon is, sometimes it happens. This is the same in every field of surgical intervention. Such incidences happily are rare when reasonable care is taken, but like I said, it happens even to the best of doctors. But to the patient it happens to, such knowledge brings only a little consolation. From your account, I would agree generally with what your regular dentist has told you. The damage has already been done at the time of surgery and the backing out of the implant was the right step. But nerves have a notoriously unpredictable pace of recovery. It depends on exactly how much damage was inflicted. The accurate assessment of such damage however is very difficult even with the most advanced imaging systems. Also, the healing of nerves is still not completely understood. Lots of research has been done on the healing of nerves and the factors involved together with stem cell research. Christopher Reeves(Superman)’s saga highlighted to the whole world how hard we are trying to understand nerve healing and conversely how little we actually know and how helpless we are when it comes to repairing damaged nerves. The overall lesson is to try your best not to damage them and when the damage is done, remove the causative factors as quickly as possible within reason. I agree with your regular dentist in that totally removing the implant at this stage will not improve the situation significantly. Also, the tingling and itchy sensation is a sign of healing. How complete the healing is, only time will tell. But it is encouraging to observe that it is improving with time. All the best and my best hopes for a complete recovery.
Dr.KFChow Malaysia
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