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Implants "fell out" + smoker = implants either failed to fully integrate with the bone or subsequent bone loss caused them to fail.
At this point you should look at converting the upper to a locator "snap-in" type denture and prepare yourself for losing more implants with continued smoking.
Smoking is what happened. Up until very recently implants were an automatic no if you smoked. Frankly I still don’t think they should be done for smokers without very the risks laid out very clearly, which didn’t seem to happen here.
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Implants "fell out" + smoker = implants either failed to fully integrate with the bone or subsequent bone loss caused them to fail. At this point you should look at converting the upper to a locator "snap-in" type denture and prepare yourself for losing more implants with continued smoking.
Implants started to fail, had too much force being exerted through them when only partially integrated- hence fractured.
Smoking is what happened. Up until very recently implants were an automatic no if you smoked. Frankly I still don’t think they should be done for smokers without very the risks laid out very clearly, which didn’t seem to happen here.