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Endoscopic-assisted removal of an intraorbital dislocated dental implant
Alessandro Griffa1, Stefano Viterbo, Paolo Boffano
1Head and Neck Department, Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Objectives:
Displacement of dental implants in the orbit is extremely rare. The aim of this article is to present and discuss the endoscopic management of a dental implant dislocated in the orbit.
Material And Methods:
A 40-year-old woman underwent the placement of three dental implants at the upper right molar region, but during the intervention, the implant was displaced in the orbit.
Results:
The implant was removed endoscopically through the existing oroantral communication: the postoperative course was uneventful.
Conclusion:
To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report on a displaced non-zygomatic dental implant into the orbit. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the endoscopic approach is highly reliable and minimally invasive to remove foreign bodies from paranasal sinuses.
