titanium/vanadium/aluminum dental implant

[curedsoon]

Eleven months ago I had a titanium alloy dental implant along with a sinus lift and bovine bone graft.  The surgery was successful and the implant has since integrated with the bone.  One to two months after the surgery I started having cramps in the lower extremities that progressed to constant aching in the feet and knees.  Five months after the implant I elected to have the swine flu vaccination which resulted in a numb feeling and tingling in the extremities along with diarrhea and dizziness that subsided after a few days.  Since then the tingling has combined with the aching in the lower extremities and progressed upward to include the thighs.  Exercise makes all of the symptoms worse, as I experience severe aching and muscle twitching after any kind of physical activity.  A MRI of the brain and neck revealed increased areas of signal in the brain not consistent with ms.  Blood tests suggest autoimmune disfunction (positive ana, antithyroid antibodies, high IgG for parvovirus and EBV and CMV without being conclusive of connective tissue or thyroid disease.  A cone beam ct scan revealed an inflammatory process in the sinus above the implant and apical periodontal inflammation on the tooth behind the implant which was also giving me night fevers.  I have since had the root canal retreated on the tooth that was being blamed for my mouth discomfort.  This has resulted in a 100% improvement in the pain and feverish feeling emanating from THAT tooth, but I still have an strange irritating sensation emanating from the implant that extends to the cheek, nostril, and eye above the implant.  I have a feeling the implant is the cause of the mouth trouble and wondering if it is the cause of my neurological symptoms as well.  My physical activity has been reduced to a minimum compared to the level of physical activity previous to the surgery.  I wonder if the implant does not show the typical symptoms of rejection because of nightly bronchial and nasal steroid inhalations.  The implant looks good on scans and xrays.  I am not so good.  I am living a life of an inactive person because I have no tolerance for exercise.  I love to exercise and my dogs need a walk!!!  Today I went for a lower back MRI and had a hard time holding still because of feeling crampy and cold.

All of the docs say it is a coincidence that any of my problems started shortly after receiving the implant.  I have sent blood in for the Melisa test, but wonder if a reaction will show being I was not able to refrain from using inhalers for five days.  The implant has adhered to the bone and looks "perfect".  I am ready to get it out and praying I can return to my normal level of activity.  Is there anyone out there with some information that could help?

Am I the only one????  I don't think the ADA or the implant manufacturers want to investigate the possibility of this lucrative procedure being a problem for anyone, so it is hard to find any data supporting my suspicion.  

Thanks.

[gardengalbc]

I had a successful implant in my upper molar and a sinus lift in Nov 2015.  I had no problems at all until the crown was placed in Oct 2016.  About 2 wks afterwards, I started having trouble breathing when laying down at night.  My sinuses were swollen shut and my ears and throat badly itched.  I could only breathe sitting up.  I've had asthma since childhood I thought it was related to that.   Except I've never had problems with my sinuses before this.  Since Oct. I've had a recurring sinus drip and lung congestion.  I've been sleeping in a "reclining position".   I've been on 4 rounds of antibiotics for what felt like sinus infections.  I only started feeling this badly since the crown was placed. My dentist was willing to remove the crown and abutment.  It's easy because it's screwed in.  It was out for 1 month and I felt a lot better.  Still had itchy ears but still thought it was just allergies.  I had the crown put back in yesterday.  Last night my throat and sinuses were badly swollen and constantly itchy.  My breathing was compromised.  I had to take an antihistamine and stay awake. ..then went to sleep in a sitting position.  I saw my dentist today and he said he'd take  out the abutment and crown again for me.  I don't want to remove the implant if I don't have to.  He is going to research my reaction.  I have a lot of other metal in my mouth - gold crowns, etc.  Mercury was removed in 2007.  No other implants.  Should I just remove the crown and abutment and leave the healing cover in?

[Judyg0352]

I found it!!  Kazemi oral surgery in Maryland.

[terrybrown12]

YES shout out his name!!
I am so happy for you!

[Implantz]

FYI: some doctors claim to be able to unscrew implants, but this doctor is where those doctors send their failed attempts(broken implants etc). Wish I could shout out his name but not sure on this site?

[Judyg0352]

May you pls share Doctor name?

[Judyg0352]

Please share Doctor name. Was it a success?

[Implantz]

Hello, I had 2 titanium implants placed in my mouth back in 2007. The gum around it was extremely inflamed and purplish and never settled down so a year later the doctor, knowing I was allergic to nickel, replaced the abutments thinking it must be this since the implants themselves were titanium. Fast forward to 2016, gums never really settling down but being told they look great, yes the implants look great but the gums looked terrible, always felt fatigued and sickly with a lot of complaining of frequent swollen  glands. Yes all my medical physicals were passed with flying colors and nothing could be found wrong. I dug deep and took the Clifford Allergy Test. Not only is Nickel toxic for me but so is Aluminum. I obtained the alloy composition of both the implants and of the abutments and found that yes the new abutments did in fact have nickel but I also found out that my "titanium" implants(titanium, which I am not allergic to, by itself is not that strong so they add various alloys to make it strong) in my case the key added alloy was Aluminium. HELLOOO!!!! At that instance I decided to have both removed, ASAP!  Both implants were fully integrated in the bone and I obtained three different dentist opinions how to remove them and all wanted to use a trephine drill and cut them out(sounded pretty barbaric to me). These 2 implants were in the top front of my mouth, I did not want to lose any more bone than I had to and risk the chance of being deformed. Long story short, I found an oral surgeon in Maryland who specializes in "unscrewing" them!!! Flew there and just like he said, couple of shots of Novocaine and each implant was unscrewed in I think less than 10 minutes!!!!

[Bettybettybeat]

Could you tell me the surgeon's name? I live in Md.  My surgeon is Dr Will.  Is he the one???

[Implantz]

Dr. Ryan Kazemi

[Implantz]

complete success, other than my gums still gray from where the titanium implants had been,don't know if this is called leaching or oxidization or whatever, but left a grayish hue.  Those "Titanium" implants when checked the composition sheet(I obtained from the dentist after all this happened) indated they were called "Tivanium".  Major component..aluminum.  Hope to God I never need a hip or knee replacement.

[Deedybell]

I had 2 Titanium implants in June 2015 and about three months later, I began having constant headaches, severe itching with burning sensations on my ears, arms, trunk, buttocks and thighs. These itch attacks were so severe and would last up to 4 hours. Acupuncture is the only thing that actually allows me to get through this. The only thing different in my life are the dental implants so I talked with my oral surgeon's assistant and she  insists that there has never been  a documented case of an allergic reaction to Titanium and that it can't be the implants...Went to see an allergist who said the same thing to me. Blood tests done were normal except for a positive ANA. I had the abutments removed 3 weeks ago which gave slight relief, but the itching skin is back. My oral surgeon is asking me to just take the itch medications and bear this while he researchers the issue further because osseointegration has occurred already and it would be worst to have them removed. Somehow I do not believe this.
I have found a dermatologist who has helped people in my situation. He is going to do the MELISA test and also patch testing on me. I want the implants out of my mouth so badly.  

[terrybrown12]

Your story is our story.......I am sad you are going through this. Read all of these pages. There are solutions. We were all told the same things by our dentists and doctors too.