Robert Whitfield MD explains why autoimmune diseases like Sjögren's and lupus raise concerns with dental implants. Autoimmune disorders predate implants by decades, but the first implant was placed in 1962 in Houston. He advises caution before implanting patients with existing autoimmune conditions.
"Late 1800s."
1962 in Houston by Conan and Droux.
All of these different drugs are just to modulate what it's what your body's doing in response to having something foreign. It's reacting. So if someone came to me already with gut trouble. Sjogren's syndrome, lupus, history of autoimmune disorders. Because autoimmune disorders predated implants. I mean, autoimmune disorder has been around since the late 1800s. First implant was placed in 1962 at Houston by Conan and Droux. So that these things are not new, right? But setting up somebody for absolute abject failure is not great. So I would not do that.
