Tooth Extraction + Implant - Your Experience?
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Scuba Diving and Dental Implants
Should answer all the questions.
Scuba Diving and Dental Implants
Should answer all the questions.
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I had 3 implants and extractions. Needed to add bone to the jaw. All that being said I was able to dive very shortly after with no adverse effects
1) be sure to tell dentist / oral surgeon that you dive.
2) I had a major root canal that started with an infection. so the infection had to be cleared before the root canal was completed. The endodontist cleared me to dive. Went diving and at 60 feet, my jaw was pretty painful. On the ascent, I thought my face was peeling off! The endodontist told me that he neglected to mention I'd be fine....it was just gonna hurt!
3) after the final root canal work, on advice of a dive medicine friend, I held off diving for 2 days. All was good!
2) I had a major root canal that started with an infection. so the infection had to be cleared before the root canal was completed. The endodontist cleared me to dive. Went diving and at 60 feet, my jaw was pretty painful. On the ascent, I thought my face was peeling off! The endodontist told me that he neglected to mention I'd be fine....it was just gonna hurt!
3) after the final root canal work, on advice of a dive medicine friend, I held off diving for 2 days. All was good!
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Thanks! That's good to know. I will be giving it six weeks after the implant is inserted, and will not have a temporary prosthesis. I want no chance of the mouthpiece "fighting" with my implant.
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To complete the record -
I had no problems diving nor diving deep. In this particular case, there is no problem diving with an implant as long as it is sufficiently healed per your oral surgeon's standard.
I had no problems diving nor diving deep. In this particular case, there is no problem diving with an implant as long as it is sufficiently healed per your oral surgeon's standard.
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