Delayed removal of a maxillary third molar accidentally displaced into the infratemporal fossa.

The removal of an impacted maxillary third molar is an easy procedure for an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. The most commonly seen complications associated with this type of surgery are excessive hemorrhage, infection, pain, swelling, trismus, and root fractures. Although rarely encountered, unexpected complications may also arise during this procedure, such as the displacement of the tooth into an anatomic space.

A retrospective analysis of sandblasted, acid-etched implants with reduced healing times with an observation period of up to 5 years.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the success rate of 2 different implant systems with sandblasted and acid-etched modified surfaces loaded after reduced healing periods.

Materials And Methods: One-hundred seventeen patients with a mean observation period of 3.75 years (24 to 61 months) were included in this evaluation.

Effects of sinus membrane perforations on the success of dental implants placed in the augmented sinus.

Background: Maxillary sinus lifting procedure enables clinicians to place implant-supported prostheses even in cases with very limited vertical bone height of the maxillary sinus. The aim of this study was to evaluate the implant success with regard to effects of the sinus membrane perforations that occurred during sinus lifting surgery.

Methods: The study group consisted of 91 patients (29 females and 54 males) with edentulous posterior maxilla.

Histomorphometric evaluation and clinical assessment of endosseous implants in iliac bone grafts with shortened healing periods.

Purpose: In the present study solid monocortical hipbone onlay grafts of the maxilla were analyzed histologically after a healing period of 3 months. The clinical success of the implants placed in the grafted bone was evaluated.

Materials And Methods: Nineteen patients underwent augmentation with avascular iliac bone.

Implant survival in mandibles of irradiated oral cancer patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze long-term implant survival in the mandible after radiotherapy and radical surgery in oral cancer patients.

Study Design: Between 1990 and 2003, 71 patients (15 females, 56 males; average age 57.8 years, range 16-84.

Accidental displacement of a mandibular third molar: a case report.

This report describes the rare case of an impacted mandibular third molar that was displaced into the submandibular region. Upon locating the tooth, successful extraction was performed. Healing was unincidental.