What are the risks of temporary numbness afterwards?
Numbness happens when a nerve is not allowed to work, this can be permanent if the nerve is cut or temporary if there is swelling around the nerve. Once the swelling decreases the numbness decreases.
Chances of numbness depend on where the implant is placed. In the Upper jaw there is very little chance as there are no nerves in the "normal places" where we put the implants.
Higher risk is in the lower jaw so it's really important to take good quality digital x-rays to be able to measure accurately distances from the nerve.
Also to avoid damage to the nerve if there is not much room is to use a piezo surgery unit to do the drilling of the bone. A piezo unit does not cut nerves so with this machine it is relatively safe
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