I had an implant placed on my upper premolar and during the surgery, according to my dentist, a portion of my jaw bone broke off near my cheek, exposing the implant underneath. He continued with the implant placement and added a membrane for support and some bone graft tissue. Should I be worried? What could be the cause of the failure? Is this a safe thing to do or should the implant be removed and the bone allowed to heal first?
Bone fracture during implant surgery
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Zuri Barniv
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Difficult to answer this as there are too many questions about what happened. But generally, if the bone around a new implant partially fractures, it is not necessarily a failure. As long as the implant is still very tight in the bone and the fractured portion is reattached and then covered properly, it will most likely heal fine. When you break your arm, new bone forms in the cracked portion as long as you keep it still (in a cast). Same thing here. It sounds like the dentist did everything right and you may suffer no long-term complications. Taking out the implant now could actually make things worse as the fractured area may come out with it. Obviously, I am speculating as I don't have an x-ray and haven't examined you.