Wilfried Engelke1, Víctor Beltrán2. 1. Department Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Georg-August-University Hospital, Göttingen, Germany. 2. Clinical Investigation and Dental Innovation Center (CIDIC), Dental School, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Removal of dental implants from the maxillary sinus may require surgical treatment of comorbidities. METHOD: Canine fossa endoscopy with an additional laterobasal access originally has been used for flapless sinus floor augmentation. The combined technique is presented to remove a titanium screw from the maxillary sinus. The same portals served for dissection of a mucocele using a diode laser. CONCLUSIONS: The combination of canine fossa endoscopy and laterobasal access allows an appropriate instrumentation and triangulation of the scope for the endoscopically assisted implant removal and dissection of the mucocele.
BACKGROUND: Removal of dental implants from the maxillary sinus may require surgical treatment of comorbidities. METHOD:Canine fossa endoscopy with an additional laterobasal access originally has been used for flapless sinus floor augmentation. The combined technique is presented to remove a titanium screw from the maxillary sinus. The same portals served for dissection of a mucocele using a diode laser. CONCLUSIONS: The combination of canine fossa endoscopy and laterobasal access allows an appropriate instrumentation and triangulation of the scope for the endoscopically assisted implant removal and dissection of the mucocele.
Authors: Ivan Valdivia-Gandur; Víctor Beltrán; Eduardo Borie; Wilson Astudillo-Rozas; Oscar Aceituno-Antezana; Nicolas Ferrer-Valdivia; Wilfried Engelke Journal: In Vivo Date: 2019 Nov-Dec Impact factor: 2.155