Bacteria at site of implant?

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Robert - 01 Apr 2008 16:10 GMT

This question may have been answered many times before, but how do you stop
bacteria from entering directly into the bone at the site of entry of the
titanium post? As I understand it, the ligaments help do that with natural
teeth, but the ligaments are no longer there in an implant. Is that a
significant hazard with implants? Thanks.

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Mark & Steven Bornfeld - 01 Apr 2008 17:01 GMT

> This question may have been answered many times before, but how do you stop
> bacteria from entering directly into the bone at the site of entry of the
> titanium post? As I understand it, the ligaments help do that with natural
> teeth, but the ligaments are no longer there in an implant. Is that a
> significant hazard with implants? Thanks.

It certainly can be a problem for the immunocompromised. Of course
there's no way to completely exclude bacteria from the surgical site.
You certainly don't want to introduce any new ones.
Occasionally you will hear of an implant that fails to integrate, and
contamination is of course one possible explanation. But just as other
hard and soft tissue surgery can be done in the mouth with success, so
can implant placement. But nothing is 100%, and that includes implants.

Steve

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