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Severe osteomyelitis following immediate placement of a dental implant
Marco Rainer Kesting1, Petra Thurmüller, Michael Ebsen
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany. marco.kesting@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Abstract:
Risk factors and complications in immediate implant placement are widely discussed. The present report describes a case of severe osteomyelitis as a serious complication after the immediate placement of a dental implant into an extraction socket of a 61-year-old woman. The course leads from initial treatment of recurrent perimandibular abscesses with surgical drainage and high-dose intravenous antibiotics to a refractory osteomyelitis. Hemimandibulectomy and partial mandibular reconstruction with a free fibular flap followed.