Accidental displacement of a dental implant into the submandibular space during explantation.
Dental implants are reliable and widely used, but complications such as peri-implantitis occasionally necessitate their removal. Accidents during removal are similar to those that may occur during extraction, including displacement into another structure in the maxillofacial region. We present a rare case of accidental displacement into the submandibular space, which happened during an attempt to remove an implant.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Daejeon Dental Hospital, Wonkwang University College of Dentistry, 77 Dunsan-ro, Daejeon 35233, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: xprappah@gmail.com.
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Daejeon Dental Hospital, Wonkwang University College of Dentistry, 77 Dunsan-ro, Daejeon 35233, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: bck@wku.ac.kr.
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Daejeon Dental Hospital, Wonkwang University College of Dentistry, 77 Dunsan-ro, Daejeon 35233, Republic of Korea; Wonkwang Bone Regeneration Research Institute, Daejeon Dental Hospital, Wonkwang University College of Dentistry, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: omslee@wku.ac.kr.
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D015921:Dental Implants; D020878:Device Removal; D006801:Humans; D057873:Peri-Implantitis
D015921:Dental Implants
Dental Implant; Device Removal; Peri-implantitis