{"id":1627,"date":"2020-06-13T19:59:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T00:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2020-07-13T20:02:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T01:02:53","slug":"a-maryland-bridge-in-an-mri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/a-maryland-bridge-in-an-mri\/","title":{"rendered":"A Maryland Bridge in an MRI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have a Maryland Bridge and am in need of an MRI. Is this safe or do I need to make other arrangements?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Carl,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MarylandBridge.jpg\" alt=\"Diagram of a Maryland Bridge\" class=\"wp-image-1516\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While the Maryland Bridge is generally a non-precious dental alloy, it will contain some nickel and\/or cobalt. These are metal, but it is unlikely an MRI will dislodge it. The reason I say this is because these dental bridges, whether a Maryland Bridge or traditional <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/dental_bridge.html\" target=\"_blank\">dental bridge<\/a>, are made to withstand biting forces.  As a result, an MRI is unlikely to have enough force. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BUT&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You knew there had to be a but coming, didn&#8217;t you? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dentists are not MRI technicians. Because of that, I tend to refer people their MRI technician who would have more extensive knowledge on this.  There used to be a website where you could look up this information, but I just went to check it and the domain has expired. Hopefully, it will be back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dental Work You Should NOT Wear in an MRI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Any removable dental work, such as a  partial denture or a dental flipper should not be worn during an MRI. They will dislodge. Because they are easily removable,  it won&#8217;t put any hindrance on your medical procedure. You can simply remove these items when you remove any rings, etc. you have <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This blog is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lafayette, LA Dentists<\/a> Drs. Foreman and Thimmesch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a Maryland Bridge and am in need of an MRI. Is this safe or do I need to make other arrangements? Carl Dear Carl, While the Maryland Bridge is generally a non-precious dental alloy, it will contain some nickel and\/or cobalt. These are metal, but it is unlikely an MRI will dislodge it. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog\/a-maryland-bridge-in-an-mri\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Maryland Bridge in an MRI<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[743],"tags":[25,797,744,798,796],"class_list":["post-1627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dental-bridge","tag-dental-flipper","tag-dental-work-and-mris","tag-maryland-bridge","tag-removable-partial-dentures","tag-traditional-bridge"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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