title: Spontaneous transmaxillary-transnasal implant loss: a case report.
abstract: Although implant placement is regarded as a safe procedure, some reports about displacement or migration to the maxillary cavity have been published. Further migration to other paranasal cavities and spontaneous loss are rare events. A case is reported of a migration to the inferior nasal meatus, which is documented by cone-beam CT, with subsequent spontaneous loss. Mucociliary clearance in combination with a local osteolytic inflammatory process likely caused this unusual migration.
authors: Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Maastricht University Clinics, Maastricht, Netherlands.
authors: Sander
authors: S
authors: van de Loo
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Kessler
authors: Bernd
authors: B
authors: Lethaus
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology; D009079:Mucociliary Clearance / Q000502:physiology; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000503:physiopathology; D057873:Peri-Implantitis / Q000209:etiology; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants