General Chat

Just resurrected this thread from almost a full year ago.
I need to ask for some advice now from someone who has had implants

A few weeks after I last posted on this, and after further discussion with my dentist re partial V implants, I opted for new ( rather expensive) partial to be fitted.
It was every bit as bad as the first one and I found it impossible

I bit the bullet!
On Tuesday morning, of this week I had 2 implants fitted ( lower front jaw)
I had no idea there would be so many stitches!

I'm not in pain but, I have a very large black bruise on my face and my mouth is a bit swollen and uncomfortable.

It's been 48hrs since the procedure but, my chin and my swollen, lower lip are still totally numb.
Is this normal?

I think the anaesthetic should have worn off by now.

Many years ago I had to have my impacted wisdom teeth out. Because I had a small baby I was done at the Dental Hospital as an out-patient with local anaesthetic. Afterwards one side of my lower jaw, including my tongue, didn't regain any feeling. I was told it had been caused by the anaesthetic needle accidentally touching the nerve to my tongue and it would eventually wear off.

It took about 3 months, which they said was quite normal!!

I hope you have better luck with your numbness. :-)

Swelling and bruising could be normal. Think removal of impacted wisdom teeth.

Make a cold pad, ice in a cloth etc and hold it against the swollen parts. Repeat every few hours it will help reduce the swelling. Keep your mouth clean we always said hotish salt water rinses to stimulate the blood flow.

I always use witch hazel on bruises as long as the skin isn't broken.

The numbness is another matter. The swelling maybe pushing onto the nerve but if the swelling goes down and you are still numb phone and speak to the dentist.

I was a dental nurse WRAF for 5 years but this was prior to dental implants. I am giving you treatment for impacted teeth as I see it as a similar operation on the jaw.

There may be someone on here who can explain what happened to them, I hope so but what I've written will help your symptoms. :-)

Thanks Andysmum and PatinCyprus.
If it doesn't improve by tomorrow, I will call the implant specialist.

I think it may be a little less numb than yesterday but it's hard to tell and every now and then, I get that tingly pins and needles feeling as if feeling is coming back.

Well haven't I been fortunate with my teeth.....until
I lost a partial lower denture following a long stay in hospital. My reasoning was "tough" I'll get used to it, didn't replace it.
Then, I treat myself to an electric tooth brush and brushed a large upper filling out of my jaw !! Then, a month later I was chompimg on an apple and an upper crown snapped at the gum margin,

Ive choice, I can have the remainder pulled and buy dentures, or I can put up with these problems. At 70 years of age what would you do ? :-0

Dentures - the only way to go.

Infections in the mouth cause problems elsewhere. Gum infections have been found to cause damage in the heart for example.

Both my wife and I have had implants (several years ago), have had no problems, treat them like natural teeth and forget that they are artificial.
OH had to have a piece of bone moved in to strenghten the jawbone for one of hers.
Neither of us would have taken to dentures.

I read some thing alarming about dental work. It's a row that's been on the go for years
Mercury amalgam fillings. There's a school of thought says they ae harmless, while the other says something quite the contrary.
The mercury allegedly seeps into the digestive tract and from there to the blood stream which takes it to our brain, My dentist holds they are not a problem, what alternative has she ?

I still wonder about amalgam and the links to dementia
I have quite a few amalgam fillings but, as and when they need replaced, I have been getting white ones.

At £100 a pop, then the useless non NHS partial at £400 which has now replaced with the ouchy cost of my implants , my new dentist must hear " the kerching sound" every time I come through her door. ;-) ;-) :-D :-D :-D

Brian, I actually saved £500 Tuesday because my dentist found that I didn't need a bone graft after all. :-D :-D

David ............

It has been known for years that amalgam fillings release minute amounts of mercury vapour, especially with chewing, and that this mercury can be absorbed, reach body organs, and cross the placenta. This is also true of mercury absorbed from natural sources, such as food.

I don't know what the estimates are for the UK, but Health Canada estimates that for the average Canadian adult 20 to 59 years old the amount of mercury absorbed by the body from all sources is about nine millionths of a gram per day. Dental amalgam is estimated to contribute about three millionths of a gram per day to that total.

Health Canada also seems to believe that the vast majority of people have no harmful effects from the average levels of mercury exposure from amalgam fillings.


Before worrying about about the mercury in your fillings, worry about where your food is being grown .............. even the veggies grown in your own garden could be absorbing mercury form the soil, especially in highly industrialised areas.


Having said that, you could ask that you dentist not use silver fillings in future for your teeth, or even that she remove them.

The alternative are white or gold ................ but you'll probably pay more. After all, dentists use a filling material for your front teeth that can be coloured to match the colour of your teeth so that it is not glaringly obvious. Our dentist uses that amalgam for all fillings now.


My amalgam fillings, some done 40 or 50 years ago, were all removed by my dentist over the last 10 years as he figured that there were problems underneath them (yep, he was right!), and were replaced with white.