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Reation to Titanium Implants

Hi,
I have a story that I hope some of you can relate to. I got 2 titanium implants put in my lower jaw 3 years ago. About 5 months after getting these in and started to feel burning in both sides of my cheeks. I also got a cist on both sides of my face where the implants are located. The ENT doctor put me on antibioitcs. After 6 weeks and i still wasn't feeling relief I got a CT scan of my whole head. Everything was completely clear. Since then I've been to numerous doctors, have had blood tests done and everything shows up fine. The burning in my cheeks got worse over the years and now I get headaches as well. It all started 4-5 months after getting these implants in...coincidence, I starting to think not! I haven't done the Melisa test because I can't find a doctor to prescribe it! I have decided to get these implants out and it is scheduled for next week. I have had nothing but trouble since these were put in. My doctor thinks it's impossible. but is willing to take them out since I've done everything else and it hasn't worked. My gut tells me I have a sensitivity to titanium or possibly a mild allergy, but it has gotten progressively worse over these 3 years and is all localized in my cheeks and forehead. I do have inflammation as well. Anyone have a similar experience? I can't wait to get these out. I truely believe it is the cause since everything else has been ruled out and I never expereinced any of this before the implants. Let me know your thoughts! Thanks.
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It sounds like you still have the implants and if that's the case, the only advice is to have them out. Research all the threads on here about bad reactions to titanium implants and how most people's health returned after having them out. The only qualifier is that the longer you've had them in, the more time it will take to recover and your recovery may be less complete than it would otherwise have been.
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Hi - that's an interesting commemt. Can you please point me in the direction of where some of this evidence exists? I had metal implants 6 months ago and my health has declined significantly since.
Hi - I am sorry you are having problems and hope my revised answer will assist you in deciding what to do next without prematurely having your implants removed, as I did. Based on my retrospective experience I would no longer recommend it without at least exploring other causes and options and taking more time to recover.

If you have read through many responses here you will see that a number of people have experienced declining health post-implant. I myself had two high quality titanium implants placed about 10 years prior to having mine removed after being led to believe (right or wrong) that there could be a connection between them and my declining health.

I had already been living with post-viral CFS for a couple of decades and my health had actually improved considerably, briefly, before starting to decline a few years prior to the implants. It had   immediately following some very painful and tremendously stressful outpatient surgery that involved the use of a lot of anesthetic and painkillers and then swelling and more painkillers.

What other factors were involved in your implant placement? Were you sedated and if so, with what? Have you had any vaccines in this period of time? Was the surgery stressful? Stress can alter the gut environment in such a way as to cause long-term health problems that are potentially amenable to correction. For me, all of the above were factors or possible ones, plus my health problems prior to my titanium implant placement, but I knew nothing about those things at the time and doctors were equally clueless.

Having the implants removed and replaced with zirconia ones and zirconia bridges a few years ago was a big mistake for me for several reasons, the stress of the procedures being one. Were I to do it again and had a choice I would choose sedation with ketamine for implant surgery of any kind, as I had a very good initial experience following placement of the 4 zirconia implants and with its use for a prior invasive medical test.

Both after removal of the titanium implants, which involved a lot of anesthetic, and after more dental procedures involving grinding off a number of old crowns and grinding down some other teeth to receive new crowns and bridges, my health declined. I also experienced some acute symptoms during the period of the grinding and impression-taking for new prosthetics that I know for a fact were a result of prolonged stress over a number of days relating to that process. Placement of new ceramic implants a year or so later, after an initial boost in feeling very good and energetic for several weeks, as I noted above, was followed by declining health since that time.

Stress is a major driver of autoimmune disease and a potential initiating trigger of that and also of PTSD. In retrospect stress is the first thing I would recommend looking at. The only time I was sedated and therefore avoided the stress of any of the dental  procedures and also tons of local anesthetic was for the zirconia implant surgery (which was for the duration of 4 implants being placed).  

As for the zirconia crowns and bridges themselves - bridges especially, I did not know beforehand that they do not fit into the gum the way titanium based ones do and the fit of the bridges on top and bottom, by two different dentists that had been recommended, is awful. They have made eating uncomfortable to the extent that I would not recommend them except as a last option. My old titanium ones were perfect before I experienced significant gum recession as a result of other health problems, and after many years of them fitting great.

Hope this helps. Feel free to ask any follow-up questions.
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I think I have nerve damage from my two dental implants. I also got trigeminal neurologia around the same time and had decompression surgery which helped for awhile but have severe pain now,  5 yrs later. I also have bone on bone tmj on that same side.  Drs have kinda given up on helping me at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Mn. And I can't find anyone that can help me. Please, can anyone help?  I'm on the highest dosage of Gabapentin they can give me, also!
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It's been 6 months since I actually had my titanium implant removed and my health has returned. My immune is still weak but generally I am better, jaw ache fine and fatigue lifted.
I can highly recommend the doctor, Peter Fairbairn and his very sympathetic assistants, the clinic is 'Scarsdale' in London W8.
The procedure had a complication and was a little traumatic but only because the implant was so strongly adhered to the bone that it required a lot of pulling to force it out in the end. This short term pain was nothing compared to the 4 yrs of pain and stress I went through with it in!!!
But in two sessions it was gone and I healed very quickly. You should be aware that the body will react to having it out so take it very easy for the first month and take lots of supplements to support the healing/detox, magnesium in particular.
Peter also has contacts with professionals researching the issue, including a woman at Kings College.
Please contact him immediately for advice.
Good luck and post here how you get on :)
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Can you update please on what happened with your implant. I'm thinking of having mine out due to issues.
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trust me, many of us can relate.  go to ****.com and ****.org for a start.
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