Retrieval of Dental Implant displaced into Buccal Space: A Rare Case Report

Abstract

Migration of dental implants into the buccal soft tissues is uncommon. Many cases of implant displacement into the maxillary sinus have been reported in the literature. However, the literature has not reported even a single case of implant displacement into the buccal soft tissues. The aim of this report is to present a dental implant that migrated into the buccal soft tissues and disappeared. A 54-year-old male patient was referred to us by his dentist after a dental implant was lost into the oral cavity. The displaced implant was discovered on a panoramic radiograph and retrieved through a transoral approach by extending the existing incision posteriorly.

Analysis of retrieval of dental implants displaced into ectopic locations between 2015–2017 and 2018–2020: scoping review of literature

“…Displacement or migration of dental implants occurs primarily during the perioperative period of dental implant surgery, though it can even occur after the placement of dental implant prosthesis [9,16,[23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. Displaced dental implants (DDIs) have been reported to migrate to the paranasal sinuses [10,22,26,30,31], mandibular body [24,32] and canal [33], submandibular space [5], buccal space [34], and even to distant locations, such as the esophagus [35] and stomach [36].…”