I have not been feeling well for a couple of years now. Aches and pains, periods of extreme fatigue, various fairly benign unusual symptoms have come and gone, some passing bouts of lethargy, joint pain, chest pain, pain in site of implant (#14) (which was replaced - crown only about a year later by a different dds, due to discomfort of it's fit).

I am 42 years old; am not experiencing depression (though I did when I felt my worst - catch-22 - depression leading to fatigue - lack of health leading to depression)

I am in overall good health. Stay in touch with my primary care doc and make all routine appointments - inculding dental.

My fear is that all the inexplicable symptoms I have been having may be due to inferior dental graft material.

My implant allegedly needed the graft since my sinuses didn't have enough bone in them to support an implant.

There had been a major bust on the issue of tainted graft material lately; and two or three of the negligable companies supplying the material are located in proximity to where I received my implant.

I understand hepatitis c, hiv, hpv, and syphilis have been connected to tainted implants. Are there any other noted illnesses or general malaise complaints as well? How would I ever find out if I had tainted graft material?

The next fear is getting the graft removed! Oh my! How extensive is that surgery? Would I lose my face? Could my bite be saved with a bridge? Could I have the back tooth moved forward to support the one in front of the lost tooth?

I did ask my new dentist if he thought it possible for me to have received bad grafting and, kind as he is, he kindly told me that I was fine. It still nags at the back of my mind....

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Boney fears