TY - JOUR
T1 - Altered nasal airflow: an unusual complication following implant surgery in the anterior maxilla
T2 - an unusual complication following implant surgery in the anterior maxilla
AU - Wolff, Jan
AU - Karagozoglu, K. Hakki
AU - Bretschneider, Jochen H.
AU - Forouzanfar, Tymour
AU - Schulten, Engelbert A. J. M.
N1 - Case report
PY - 2016/3/29
Y1 - 2016/3/29
N2 - Dental implants have been in routine clinical use for over three decades and are a predictable treatment modality. However, as with all other aspects of dentistry, complications occur. A 50-year-old female patient with complaints of a long ongoing unpleasant altered nasal airflow presented herself at the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam. Visual inspection of the right nasal cavity revealed that the apical part of a dental implant placed in the upper right first incisor region had perforated the nasal floor and was partially protruding into the nasal cavity. Subsequent treatment consisted of a transnasal resection of the apical part of the dental implant to the level of the nasal floor. After a 12-month follow-up period, the patient reported having no altered nasal airflow. In conclusion, dental implants protruding into the nasal cavity can cause an alteration to the airflow. Furthermore, a partial removal of the apical part of the dental implant is a viable method of treating dental implants that extend into the nasal cavity.
AB - Dental implants have been in routine clinical use for over three decades and are a predictable treatment modality. However, as with all other aspects of dentistry, complications occur. A 50-year-old female patient with complaints of a long ongoing unpleasant altered nasal airflow presented herself at the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam. Visual inspection of the right nasal cavity revealed that the apical part of a dental implant placed in the upper right first incisor region had perforated the nasal floor and was partially protruding into the nasal cavity. Subsequent treatment consisted of a transnasal resection of the apical part of the dental implant to the level of the nasal floor. After a 12-month follow-up period, the patient reported having no altered nasal airflow. In conclusion, dental implants protruding into the nasal cavity can cause an alteration to the airflow. Furthermore, a partial removal of the apical part of the dental implant is a viable method of treating dental implants that extend into the nasal cavity.
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40729-016-0045-3
DO - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40729-016-0045-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 27747698
SN - 2198-4034
VL - 2
JO - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMPLANT DENTISTRY
JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMPLANT DENTISTRY
M1 - 6
ER -