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Titanium Dental implant
I had a titanium dental implant over a year ago and now suffer from dermatitis around my mouth witch has spread to my chin, and eczema on my hands and know in my nose! I have muscle aches and suffer from fatigue. I had a blood test done through the Melisa Institute and showed a 3.50 in sensitivity to titanium trichloride, the recommendation is to have the metal removed, except no one wants to touch it, because it is a front tooth! I am 39yrs. old and recently married and wanted to start a family but for one thing do not physically feel well enough and am afraid of the effects this allergy could have an a child, I know MS and Autism are linked to this metal allergy! If we can clone animals how come I can't find an oral surgen willing to remove my implant!!!! Any suggestions Am am so tired and frustrated!
Hi I just had implant surgery 10th Oct. I am having fever and severe diarrhea now. I read about your story. How are you now? What did you since then? Can you please advise and share us your experience ? MZ
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Hello. I have the same problem. How did you solve it ? Did you take your implant out ?
I want to share my personal story on here (and any other relevant sites) in the hopes that it will help others and prevent them from undergoing the 6 months of agony I suffered, that was completely preventable.
As a result of childhood cancer, I am missing 5 teeth on my bottom left side. Last year I had a bone marrow transplant into my jaw, to give me enough material for implants. They put two titanium posts into the bone, wrapped a palette graft over it, let it heal over the metal pieces, and a few months later added the other attachments that would eventually allow me to have false teeth popped on the top.
Last November they cut into the healed over tissue to put the little metal post attachments on top, that poked out of my gums (what the false teeth would be placed on). At first everything seemed fine, but I did have a constant ache in that area, which I dismissed as my body recovering from all the surgery.
I started having other health problems as well, including fatigue and headaches.
After having the outer posts on for a month and a half, I had severe pain at the implant site and developed what the oral surgeon diagnosed as an abscess. He performed surgery to remove it and put me on several rounds of antibiotics. It healed up, but only a few weeks later I had another "infection" on the other post. Looking into the mirror, I noticed that my cheek skin around the implants seemed to be "avoiding" contact with the metal--it was curved out in an exact replica of the shape of the posts.
I have always been allergic to nickel and brought the concern to my oral surgeon, who dismissed it. He said the posts were pure titanium and titanium allergies are incredibly rare and that he had never seen nor heard of when. And besides, my internal implants were made of the same material and didn't bother me. I told him that I am externally allergic to nickel--can't wear nickel earrings or belt buckles, but I have nickel in my heart to seal a hole, and it has never bothered me. Again, he didn't listen and suggested I wasn't keeping the surgical site clean enough.
So I had a second surgery and more antibiotics to get rid of the infection, but my mouth didn't seem to heal afterward. I was obsessive with keeping it clean but the pain continued.
I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, to the point of sleeping for 10 hours and still struggling to get through a work day, I felt like I was in a constant haze, had severe joint pain and muscle aches, a constant pain around the surgical site (that increased with time, to the point that I was taking Lortab on a daily basis, and constant headaches that would occasionally become migraines, as well as frequent nausea to the point of dry heaving on a daily basis.
My face was also swollen on the outside, where my implants were. The doctors were bewildered but still didn't listen to my concerns about metal allergies.
I got a third infection and the surgeon removed one of the posts, but it did not heal and the area around the remaining post became inflamed as well.
After the third infection, when I was in so much pain I could hardly speak, I conducted a time-consuming search for an allergist that would do a skin reaction test to metals. There is only one in the entire Salt Lake City valley and my insurance would not cover it, so I went the alternative medicine route and saw a naturopath. He did several tests on me, including one where I held two metal rods that send electrical waves through my body and picked up different imbalances (it was very efficient and cool!). It picked up a severe nickel allergy, as well as a sensitivity to bismuth and atrimony, two metals highly common in alloys.
I demanded my oral surgeon contact the post manufacturer and find out the exact composition of my posts. Lo and behold, they are not pure titanium (few posts actually are) and contained nickel, as well as bismuth. I went in for emergency surgery and he removed the last post. Waking up from the anesthesia, my first thought was "my headache is gone!"
That surgery was yesterday and even though I am still recovering from it, the swelling of my face is nearly gone, I can talk and smile normally, the joint pain is gone, the aches have vanished, the nausea is gone, the Chronic Fatigue is leaving me, and I generally feel like a haze has been lifted.
The difference has been immediate and incredible. All I can say is, follow your instincts and remember that doctors don't know everything-please investigate all possibilities, as unlikely as they may seem, and don't be afraid to try natural medicine--it tends to provide more answers and look into different bodily connections than traditional medicine.
As a result of childhood cancer, I am missing 5 teeth on my bottom left side. Last year I had a bone marrow transplant into my jaw, to give me enough material for implants. They put two titanium posts into the bone, wrapped a palette graft over it, let it heal over the metal pieces, and a few months later added the other attachments that would eventually allow me to have false teeth popped on the top.
Last November they cut into the healed over tissue to put the little metal post attachments on top, that poked out of my gums (what the false teeth would be placed on). At first everything seemed fine, but I did have a constant ache in that area, which I dismissed as my body recovering from all the surgery.
I started having other health problems as well, including fatigue and headaches.
After having the outer posts on for a month and a half, I had severe pain at the implant site and developed what the oral surgeon diagnosed as an abscess. He performed surgery to remove it and put me on several rounds of antibiotics. It healed up, but only a few weeks later I had another "infection" on the other post. Looking into the mirror, I noticed that my cheek skin around the implants seemed to be "avoiding" contact with the metal--it was curved out in an exact replica of the shape of the posts.
I have always been allergic to nickel and brought the concern to my oral surgeon, who dismissed it. He said the posts were pure titanium and titanium allergies are incredibly rare and that he had never seen nor heard of when. And besides, my internal implants were made of the same material and didn't bother me. I told him that I am externally allergic to nickel--can't wear nickel earrings or belt buckles, but I have nickel in my heart to seal a hole, and it has never bothered me. Again, he didn't listen and suggested I wasn't keeping the surgical site clean enough.
So I had a second surgery and more antibiotics to get rid of the infection, but my mouth didn't seem to heal afterward. I was obsessive with keeping it clean but the pain continued.
I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, to the point of sleeping for 10 hours and still struggling to get through a work day, I felt like I was in a constant haze, had severe joint pain and muscle aches, a constant pain around the surgical site (that increased with time, to the point that I was taking Lortab on a daily basis, and constant headaches that would occasionally become migraines, as well as frequent nausea to the point of dry heaving on a daily basis.
My face was also swollen on the outside, where my implants were. The doctors were bewildered but still didn't listen to my concerns about metal allergies.
I got a third infection and the surgeon removed one of the posts, but it did not heal and the area around the remaining post became inflamed as well.
After the third infection, when I was in so much pain I could hardly speak, I conducted a time-consuming search for an allergist that would do a skin reaction test to metals. There is only one in the entire Salt Lake City valley and my insurance would not cover it, so I went the alternative medicine route and saw a naturopath. He did several tests on me, including one where I held two metal rods that send electrical waves through my body and picked up different imbalances (it was very efficient and cool!). It picked up a severe nickel allergy, as well as a sensitivity to bismuth and atrimony, two metals highly common in alloys.
I demanded my oral surgeon contact the post manufacturer and find out the exact composition of my posts. Lo and behold, they are not pure titanium (few posts actually are) and contained nickel, as well as bismuth. I went in for emergency surgery and he removed the last post. Waking up from the anesthesia, my first thought was "my headache is gone!"
That surgery was yesterday and even though I am still recovering from it, the swelling of my face is nearly gone, I can talk and smile normally, the joint pain is gone, the aches have vanished, the nausea is gone, the Chronic Fatigue is leaving me, and I generally feel like a haze has been lifted.
The difference has been immediate and incredible. All I can say is, follow your instincts and remember that doctors don't know everything-please investigate all possibilities, as unlikely as they may seem, and don't be afraid to try natural medicine--it tends to provide more answers and look into different bodily connections than traditional medicine.
Hi all,
I just wanna update my condition right now. My implant is made of titanium for the root and ceramic for the crown. It is still intact. There is no more problem but I still need to see a dentist for checkup and possibly gum cleaning every 3-4 months.
However, my auto-immune disease has not gone away. My rheumatologist prescribes low dose of steroid like 5-10 mg/week to keep the immune from further attacking my ear cartilage. Over the past few years, my blood tests show normal level of white blood cell count, but ESR is sometimes 8 which exceeds normal range of 1-7. The ear does feel warm once in a while which is a sign of little inflammation.
Since my disease condition is not severe, I decided not to remove the implant at the moment after consulting a few dentists. They said I would risk losing the remaining bone and gum around the implant in the removal process. Anyway, even if it's removed there's no way to ensure that it will help with my disease. So, all I'm doing is maintaining both my body and the implant.
Take care!
bjpjb
I just wanna update my condition right now. My implant is made of titanium for the root and ceramic for the crown. It is still intact. There is no more problem but I still need to see a dentist for checkup and possibly gum cleaning every 3-4 months.
However, my auto-immune disease has not gone away. My rheumatologist prescribes low dose of steroid like 5-10 mg/week to keep the immune from further attacking my ear cartilage. Over the past few years, my blood tests show normal level of white blood cell count, but ESR is sometimes 8 which exceeds normal range of 1-7. The ear does feel warm once in a while which is a sign of little inflammation.
Since my disease condition is not severe, I decided not to remove the implant at the moment after consulting a few dentists. They said I would risk losing the remaining bone and gum around the implant in the removal process. Anyway, even if it's removed there's no way to ensure that it will help with my disease. So, all I'm doing is maintaining both my body and the implant.
Take care!
bjpjb
A very good supplement for Mercury is Modiflan, also anti cancer!
My whole family have been through the silver amalgum removal, and followed up with Modiflan. My eldest son just had hair test for metals done and before his amalgum removal he was about 1.3 units now he is down to 0.3 units, and actually all his toxic elements are now very low.
My wife we found out is titanium allergic,she has 2 titanium implants for her new teeth, now and has problems with her left hip joint and difficulty walking. She had gold bar on top of the titanium implants, which leads to problems of electrolysis between two different metals. so she replaced the gold bar with titanium, but her health no better! She is positive via Mellisa test to titanium!
My whole family have been through the silver amalgum removal, and followed up with Modiflan. My eldest son just had hair test for metals done and before his amalgum removal he was about 1.3 units now he is down to 0.3 units, and actually all his toxic elements are now very low.
My wife we found out is titanium allergic,she has 2 titanium implants for her new teeth, now and has problems with her left hip joint and difficulty walking. She had gold bar on top of the titanium implants, which leads to problems of electrolysis between two different metals. so she replaced the gold bar with titanium, but her health no better! She is positive via Mellisa test to titanium!
Did you get your hardware removed? How are you?
I have had one implant since 2009 and nothing but weird symptoms since. It is hard to find someone to remove a osseointegrated implant.
I have had one implant since 2009 and nothing but weird symptoms since. It is hard to find someone to remove a osseointegrated implant.
I am joining the club as well. My implant is well integrated, however, so I am looking for the best surgeon out there and with experience, which seems rare. One honest dentist openly admitted he had done it only once. They all raise eyebrows for why I would remove it. Anyway.
If you can help me with advice on the best way to remove it (there are different approaches - trephine, electro, unscrew it if possible, etc.) and the right surgeon, that would be great. I live in Europe. You have already given me hope.
If you can help me with advice on the best way to remove it (there are different approaches - trephine, electro, unscrew it if possible, etc.) and the right surgeon, that would be great. I live in Europe. You have already given me hope.
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