Implants

raydar

I have implants fitted with porcelian crowns since 1990,im thinking of getting upgrades,The porcelian crowns have worn down.
What happens to the gold inner components form the old set?

ballsymchugh

if you got them in the 90's it'd be pretty fair to assume that they're screw retained? (ie. the crown is screwed onto the implant abutment, as opposed to cemented).

ideally, you should go back to the original dentist, so that they'll know the system used and have the equipment for taking off the crowns.

this may not be so much an issue if the crown was cemented on.

do you have any idea which case it was?

raydar

The dentist is long retired, :eek:

they were screwed in .

What do i do ?

ballsymchugh

you will need to find out what brand of implants they are. this may be obvious by x-ray to the trained eye, but there are hundreds of systems out there now. there weren't many back then though.

then you have to find a dentist that'll have the right equipment to remove the crowns. nearly all the equipment is brand specific, like mobile phone chargers!

has the old place closed down, or just changed ownership? if there's any chance that your records are still there, give them a shout and find out as much as you can about what was done.

raydar

Hi Gee Thank you for the support in the early hours,Great!

I remember the manufurer was a german company but cant remember the name?

What case ? I dont no what you mean by that , sorryman.

raydar

I called to this dentist before he retired about five years ago

He didnt remember me or the job he did on me

Well fifteen years later was a long time

He asked me was i sure he did this job

I asked him if i got replacements what would happen to the gold inner bits.

He said they'd be worth nothing and its not worth thinking about ???

ballsymchugh

there's a few prosthodontists in cork that should know what implants they are, or you could try the dental hospital. ask your regular dentist for a referral to finbarr allen in the dental school in wilton if all else fails. it's his area of expertise.

ballsymchugh

raydar wrote: »

I called to this dentist before he retired about five years ago

He didnt remember me or the job he did on me

Well fifteen years later was a long time

He asked me was i sure he did this job

I asked him if i got replacements what would happen to the gold inner bits.

He said they'd be worth nothing and its not worth thinking about ???

i'd say the gold inner bits (abutments) are fine. it's just the crown on top that needs to be sorted. getting the crowns off without damaging the abutments is the key. new crowns would probably be cemented on.
i'll now await the prosthodonist's opinion here for a lambasting!

raydar

Thanks
Hopefully when i get replacements i will be able to say "S" better

Plus i had a space in between my original teeth

my crowns never had any space

Hopefully its 20 years later and they've improved.

I will let you no ,nice one.

ballsymchugh

raydar wrote: »

Thanks
Hopefully when i get replacements i will be able to say "S" better

must..... not...... mention.... Chris...... Eubank.....:pac:

op, ignore this post!

raydar

Hey ya sorry 20 years later i do remember the dentist screwing in the gold posts and smenting the porcelians in.

ballsymchugh

shouldn't be too much of a big deal then. if the implant and the abutment is sound, then you just need new crowns. the abutments may need a bit of touching up to help the technician make the new crowns.

raydar

These implants have been subjected to a lot of physical violence at the early life of their twenty years
im not a fighter
im a loving deer
Thats behind me now

i cant wait for my new afro space inbetween my new implants :D

ballsymchugh

raydar wrote: »

im a loving deer
Thats behind me now

maybe see a vet?! :pac:

btkm8unsl0w5r4

I have PMed you the name of a prosthodontist in Cork he carries stock for most implants and will defo be able to sort you out. Screw retention is not in any way old fashioned. Look how easy with will be now to retreat. Screw retention show the implants were well placed and planned. Cement retention is the fallback position.

raydar

Thank You