title: Endoscopic removal of a dental implant through a middle meatal antrostomy.
abstract: Ear nose and throat surgeons use endoscopic operations on the sinuses not only for chronic paranasal sinusitis but also for other operations. We report the case of a 52-year-old woman in whom we used an endoscopic technique to remove a dental implant that had been displaced into the maxillary sinus. We approached the sinus through the natural ostium, and the foreign body was removed through the widened ostium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-Si, Kyunggi-Do, South Korea. kimemail@snubh.org
authors.forename: Jeong-Whun
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chul Hee
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Tack-Kyun
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Dong Kyoo
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D015921:Dental Implants; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants