03/11/2026
Today’s implant emergency…
Classic failure of a single tooth maxillary molar implant. This was placed in a grafted sinus, was the distal-most occlusal contact, and had a typically poor crown-implant length ratio.
Fortunately this one had been in function for over ten years. Evidentially, even implants by experts fail as this was done by a prominent prosthodontist on the lecture circuit from down south. Surprisingly, the sub-gingival cement you see at the abutment margin did not appear to have caused significant supracrestal mucositis.
So much for ‘implants last a lifetime’
Michael P. Waliszewski DDS, MsD