Two teeth on one implant post possible ?

[PostHeads123]

Can you have two teeth on one dental implant post ? I had an implant 10 yrs ago one of the teeth next to it started to have issues due to implant and now it looks like I have to have that tooth out (hurting like hell at mo). I don't want another implant to replace it but wondered if it possible to take the single tooth off the implant post I do have and replace it with a two tooth one so one tooth on the post and another stuck to side of it may be in someway ?

I dont want a bridge as to do that would mean drilling down a perfectly health tooth.

Thanks

[anonymous-user]

Pretty sure the answer is yes as I think I have that on one side. I had mine done some 10 years ago and the grey matter is not quite as it was so I won’t swear by my answer

[Driller]

Technically yes this is possible but depends on a number of factors being favourable

[Leonard Stanley]

Yes, I’m living proof.

[Driller]

Out of interest OP, you say the tooth next to the implant had problems "due to the implant", can you give more detail on this?

[PostHeads123]

Great thats good news.

The problem is the implant gave me was with one of the teeth next to it getting decay from the side, implant tooth was flush to side of healthy tooth and the couldnt remove implant tooth off post, even dental brushes didn't help. The decay spotted 6 yrs back so managed it with filling etc but I knew the day would come either it had to come out or crown. I cant face another implant the one I have evem though I had it 10 yrs I can feel the post in my jaw.

[BOR]

Ooh I'm interested in this also.

I have just had two adjoining molar teeth removed and have an appointment to discuss next steps.

I have had one implant previously, which went really well.

What is the recomendation in this case ? One single post sounds like it wouldn't be stable enough with two implants on it, but maybe there is less risk of the post insertion going wrong.

And can I expect a "double tap" to be cheaper than 2 separate operations ?

[Flibble]

PostHeads123 said:

Great thats good news.

The problem is the implant gave me was with one of the teeth next to it getting decay from the side, implant tooth was flush to side of healthy tooth and the couldnt remove implant tooth off post, even dental brushes didn't help. The decay spotted 6 yrs back so managed it with filling etc but I knew the day would come either it had to come out or crown. I cant face another implant the one I have evem though I had it 10 yrs I can feel the post in my jaw.

That doesn't sound great. I have one and don't notice it at all, I can;t feel the post even if I try and the tooth feels like any other tooth (apart from being "dead").

[PostHeads123]

Flibble said:

PostHeads123 said:

Great thats good news.

The problem is the implant gave me was with one of the teeth next to it getting decay from the side, implant tooth was flush to side of healthy tooth and the couldnt remove implant tooth off post, even dental brushes didn't help. The decay spotted 6 yrs back so managed it with filling etc but I knew the day would come either it had to come out or crown. I cant face another implant the one I have evem though I had it 10 yrs I can feel the post in my jaw.

That doesn't sound great. I have one and don't notice it at all, I can;t feel the post even if I try and the tooth feels like any other tooth (apart from being "dead").

My current implant is at the top second premolar, when I say I can feel it I mean if I scrunch my nose up I feel a tightness in my face in that area, its been like that since I can remember, I thought it was normal, may be not, in cold weather I feel it more. Last 12 months I've sinus infections as well same side, thought it was related to implant but x-rays showed nothing. When I had the implant fitted I had to have jaw augmentation to make the jaw bone wider for the post, I remember being sat in a dental chair with a dentist with a medical hammer and punch hitting it into my jaw and wiggling it about, all this while I was a wake, felt like I was being punched in the nose over and over again, I remember saying 'I can't do this' after a couple of hits, to which the dentist replied to you 'want a proper job or half a job', bad memories tbh.

I will know tomorrow what the dentist can do, just had the call to remind me of the appointment 2pm tomorrow, dentist wants to see if savable with crown and post so circa £650 or if it need pulling. I like the idea of the crown but the tooth I had the implant on had a crown and it didn't last more than a few years before breaking, so I'm just thinking pull it and put the £650 towards a double up implant tooth.

[Driller]

Yes normally you shouldn't be able to “feel” an implant at all.

Bor, for two molars I wouldn’t recomnend a one implant two tooth approach-the forces involved are very great in this region. Again depends on the exact situation though but in general we do this for front teeth mainly.

If I do 2 or more implants I give a 10% reduction on the 2nd one and 20% on any others and I imagine I can’t be the only one to do this.

Ps Depending on the configuration of your teeth, a second implant (for the furthest back tooth) may not even be appropriate.

Edited by Driller on Monday 2nd July 17:22

[PostHeads123]

Driller said:

Yes normally you shouldn't Be able to “feel” an implant at all.

Nor, for two molars I would uldn’t recomnend a one implant two tooth approach-the forces involved are very strong in this region. Again depends on the exact situation though but in general we do this for front teeth mainly.

If I do 2 or more implants I give a 10% reduction on the 2nd one and 20% on any others and I imagine I can’t be the only one to do this.

Ps Depending on the configuration of your teeth, a second implant (for the furthest back tooth) may not even be appropriate.

Thanks, yeah I did think a double up in that area might not be ideal due to how much its used, I'm started to think I may just end up with a gap there, I already know it will annoy me the original gap I had further back was the reason I got the implant in the first place and this gap would be more visable, all my other teeth are pretty much A1 condition. My current dentist did suggest that the original implant I had fitted was the 'wrong type', he didn't expand it on it further though, I called the original place who fitted it to find out the type but they don't hold records for more than 7 yrs so not sure.

Every time I have a bit of discomfort in that area though which has been 2 x this year, I have also ended feeling rather ill as well with nausea and swollen tummy, head ache, its last 2-3 days then goes on its own no treatment, for example today it feels ok and I don't feel ill, but on Thurs - Sat it was sore and I felt ill. The tooth in question that may be pulled tomorrow already had a root canal so no nerve so I cant feel lost of pan, just side of face feels tight and swollen.

Edited by PostHeads123 on Monday 2nd July 17:29

Edited by PostHeads123 on Monday 2nd July 17:30

[PostHeads123]

So went the dentist yesterday, rocked up feeling all sorry for myself thinking I am either going to lose it or have a crown which would require the tooth to shaved significantly. Anyway he opened up the tooth, then he admired the root canal he had done 6 years back and even showed me it, then he decided he wasn't going to pull it and the tooth was in too good shape at the front to be worth bother shaving it down so he did what he called a 'sandwich' filling, feels fine today so happy. He had done the same before and it lasted 6 years, it failed last Nov and then I went to a more local dentist and they replaced the filling, that filling only lasted 5 months, so I went back to my original dentist (45min drive each way) who sorted it.