Costa Rica Dental Experiences

Here we are talking about the "rejection" of dental implants. One of the phrases we hear most often is: - "I don't want to put the implants because a lady I know has had a rejection and she told me that is dangerous". In a small town, all people meet outside the church or in the supermarket. They speak out loud their opinions with a seriousness that makes you believe that they really know that is the sacred truth. Or: - "I won't be able to plant them !!! My Dentist told me that I have no bone".  Here I have to admit that I have to breathe deeply, it forces me to smile before the answer. Let's start with a definition of Wikipedia: ¨We talk about transplant rejection when the immune system of a transplanted patient attacks the new organ, recognizing it as non-self like bacteria or viruses.¨ Here we are! "Transplant", not "Implant". Transplantation is the transfer of an Organ or Tissue into the same individ...