General Dentistry

Can teeth next to infected implants be saved?

April 5, 2016

It isn’t common, but peri-implantitis (infection around a dental implant) can happen. Sometimes these failed implants are next to natural teeth, so does that mean the teeth must be removed as well? Dr Lance Timmerman explains.

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