title: Foreign Body Mimicking a Dental Implant Radiographically.
abstract: Foreign bodies are often encountered in the maxillofacial region and can present in several ways. They frequently occur as a result of accidents, explosions, and gunshot injuries or because of iatrogenic factors in therapeutic interventions in daily dental practice. This report describes an unusual case of a broken elevator blade mimicking a dental implant embedded in alveolar bone radiographically, within the maxillary palatal mucosa during a traumatic maxillary right first molar extraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demirkol
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods; D015921:Dental Implants; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008963:Molar / Q000601:surgery; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic / Q000379:methods; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants