Soft tissue augmentation of the cheeks detected on intra- and extraoral radiographs: a case report.
Augmentation material used in plastic surgery such as facelift procedures can be radiopaque and thus become visible on extra- and intraoral radiographs. These objects may obscure anatomical structures and mask critical findings, therefore leading to potential misinterpretation of otherwise successful images. The present report describes a case in which the radiographic intra- and extraoral data are partly masked by a superimposed radiopaque mesh, which was suspected to originate from a facelift procedure. A gold thread lift was confirmed by the plastic surgeon.
Alsaadi
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Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 7, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. alsaadi-ghada@belgacom.net
Jacobs
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Quirynen
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van Steenberghe
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D016477:Artifacts; D005260:Female; D006047:Gold Alloys; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000295:instrumentation*
D006047:Gold Alloys