Can you chew gum after dental implants?

Hi THMarch, What you have pictured in your hand is the healing screw covering the implant.  Your implant is still in your mouth.  Have the screw placed back and tightened by your dentist as soon as you can to prevent debris from going inside the implant and gum tissue growing over...

Hello and thank you for your question. The best way to answer this is with an in-person evaluation. I recommend following up with your Dentist again about your pain or consulting a Prosthodontist. A Prosthodontist is a dental specialist who has advanced training in restoring and replacing te...

At no point should you have to be toothless after your tooth is extracted.  You have a high smile line and it is absolutely critical that adequate steps will be followed to preserve both the hard and soft tissue in this area. You didn't mention why your tooth needs to be extracted. Why...

Just because a buried implant becomes exposed does not mean it is failing, but it is very important that if the implant is only partially exposed, have the dentist that placed the implant fully expose the implant by attaching a healing abutment. Studies have shown that partial exposure of an...

HI There, Your questions are good. Especially as you have that big event coming up.  You should be just fine.  Be sure to clean the area as best as you can.  The mouth heals really quickly if clean.  Maybe some warm salt water rinses the night of removing stitches, but after that you should ...

I'll try to answer all of your questions in order.1) I wouldn't try to close the space with a wisdom tooth. The wisdom tooth will shift into the empty space if there isn't anything there to fill in the space, but it would be difficult to move it that far that the whole space would be closed.2) I...