Zirconium or Zirconia Dental Implants
Metal free dental implants from Dental Dynamics in Portland, Oregon, are also known as Zirconium dental implants, Zirconia dental implants are an alternative to titanium dental implants for patients who are believed to be allergic to dental implants or just concerned about the presence of metal in their mouth.
Metal free dental implant systems are mostly manufactured in Europe. Here are a couple of manufacturers leading the metal free dental implant industry that have gained FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) approval.
- CeraRoot Metal Free Dental Implants from Spain
- Z-Systems Metal Free Dental Implants from Switzerland
Metal free dental implants portland (CeraRoot dental implants) are utilized at Dental Dynamics in Portland, Oregon (Pearl District).
Are you allergic to dental Implants?
To put this subject into perspective, it is important to understand that allergy to dental implants is very rare. Keep this that notion in mind as you read on.
Dental implants are made of titanium metal. If we are to investigate the allergy to dental implants, we must look into the titanium metal component and the type or make up of the titanium as different types of titanium metals contain different impurities that are believed to play a role in dental implant allergy.
Testing for an allergy to dental implants
A contact allergy test is a good way to check for allergy to titanium implants. The MELISA test is a blood test that is utilized to check for allergy to metals and specifically to titanium.
Dental implants are becoming more prevalent as more dentists are placing them and more patients are choosing the as a restorative option, for good reason: dental implants simply offer the best and the most successful restorative option, period. As more and more patients are electing to have dental implants we are witnessing more dental implant patients seeking second opinions regarding their need for dental implants. While the most common reason for dental implant complications is misplacement of the implant, these patients often exhibit no evidence of any clinical diagnostic signs except for their symptoms.
This area of implant dentistry has been investigated extensively by Dr. Saleh and he has written a detailed article on dental implant allergy.
Symptoms of Dental Implant Allergy
The majority of the highly experienced implant dentists have witnessed few cases where patients complained of discomfort with their dental implants in spite of the absence of any evidence of clinical or diagnostic abnormalities. Often the complaint is “my dental implant doesn’t feel normal” or my dental implant feels weird” or (that side of my face feels abnormal) (pain, discomfort or irritation around my dental implant). Usually the symptoms reported by these patients are bewildering and very diverse and therefore as dental professionals, we have not been able to classify these symptoms within a particular diagnostic category.
Some patients may even report diverse systemic symptoms which ads to the confusion associated with dental implant allergy. This is, in part, why these symptoms are ignored or dismissed by some implant dentists.
It is believed that these patients are sensitive or allergic to dental implants, particularly the titanium component or elements of the dental implant surface that helps with the integration. Some believe that dental implant allergy is due to the impurities within different types of titanium.