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Case Rep Dent. 2017;2017:2595036. doi: 10.1155/2017/2595036. Epub 2017 Oct 03.

Unusual Etiology and Diagnosis of Oroantral Communication due to Late Implant Failure.

Case reports in dentistry

Rabah Nedir, Nathalie Nurdin, Marion Paris, Marc El Hage, Semaan Abi Najm, Mark Bischof

Affiliations

  1. Ardentis Clinique Dentaire Vevey, Swiss Dental Clinics Group, Rue du Collège 3, 1800 Vevey, Switzerland.
  2. Ardentis Clinique Dentaire Morges, Swiss Dental Clinics Group, Rue Saint-Louis 2B, 1110 Morges, Switzerland.
  3. Ardentis Clinique Dentaire Lausanne, Swiss Dental Clinics Group, Voie du Chariot 6, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland.
  4. Ardentis Clinique Dentaire Geneva, Swiss Dental Clinics Group, Rue Thomas-Masaryk 1, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.

PMID: 29109871 PMCID: PMC5646311 DOI: 10.1155/2017/2595036

Abstract

Oroantral communication (OAC) rarely occurs long after implant placement. The present report describes the rare etiology and the difficulty of the diagnosis of an uncommon OAC occurring 10 years after the implant placement in the posterior maxilla. The difficulty of the diagnosis lies in the absence of clinical symptoms of sinusitis and presence of multiunit prosthesis hiding implant failure. This case report supports the need for sinus check-up during a routine implant examination.

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