Jenny McCarthy Details Dental Implant Infections

Jenny McCarthy, the 53-year-old actress and television host known for her work on "The Masked Singer," has endured a year of severe health complications following a failed ceramic dental implant, undergoing nine mouth surgeries amid recurring infections that spread to her jawbone and even caused growths on her eyeballs.

McCarthy detailed her ordeal in an interview with PEOPLE magazine published on November 26. The troubles began with the implant procedure, which led to her teeth and implants falling out. "I had one infection that turned into another and another," she said. Doctors eventually discovered a deep bone infection after digging into her jawbone. She has been on antibiotics for nearly a year and restricted to a soft-food diet due to pain and stitches in her mouth, which also caused unintentional weight loss.

The infections proved persistent, with symptoms flaring up repeatedly. "Every time we thought it had cleared up, it came back again," McCarthy recounted. "I'd be in massive pain with my jaw swelling up, and at the same time I was getting these growths popping up on my eyeballs." Despite the challenges, she reported progress recently, noting that she can now chew...