J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg.  2007 Apr;33(2):173-180.

Complications associated with dental implant surgery: Case report

• Lee HJ
• Yeo DS
• Lim SY
• An KM
• Sohn DS

Abstract

According to the increase in use of implants in clinical dentistry, new kinds of complications happen. Complications that can happen during implant placement are bleeding, nerve injury, jaw fracture, fenestration of maxillary sinus or nasal cavity, dehiscence, fenestration, injury of adjacent tooth. And complications that can happen after implant operation are infection, bleeding, hematoma, chronic sinusitis, peri-implantitis. Problems that are confronted during implant placement happen by inadequate preoperative treatment plan, inadequate consideration about individual anatomic difference, inadequate operation process and lack of experience of clinician. It is important that clinicians consider possible complications in advance and make a comprehensive treatment plan. We report the patient who was happened ramus fracture during block bone harvesting from ramus of severely atrophic mandible, the patient who came to emergency ward due to postoperative swelling and bleeding and the patient whose implant was migrated to maxillary sinus with a review of literature.

Keyword

Complications; Mandibular fracture; Bleeding; Maxillary sinus

MeSH Terms

Dental Implants*
Dentistry
Emergency Service, Hospital
Hematoma
Hemorrhage
Humans
Jaw Fractures
Mandible
Mandibular Fractures
Maxillary Sinus
Nasal Cavity
Peri-Implantitis
Sinusitis
Tooth
Dental Implants