title: Soft tissue augmentation of the cheeks detected on intra- and extraoral radiographs: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 7, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. alsaadi-ghada@belgacom.net
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alsaadi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quirynen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Steenberghe
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D005260:Female; D006047:Gold Alloys; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D006047:Gold Alloys