Paring of Skin for Superficially Lodged Foreign Body Removal.

Small foreign bodies superficially embedded in the acral skin can be difficult to remove. Typical treatment includes using forceps and pressure to attempt removal, which is painful and not always successful. Here we present a patient with a prolonged presentation of a superficially embedded foreign body on his finger.

Histological analysis of soft and hard tissues in a periimplantitis lesion: a human case report.

Background: Little is known regarding the histologic hard and soft tissue changes that occur in chronic periimplantitis situations in humans. It is critical to gain an understanding of all aspects of periimplantitis to develop appropriate therapeutic approaches.

Methods: An 83-year-old African American man presented with a fractured implant affected by severe, chronic periimplantitis and surrounded by keratinized gingiva.