Abstract:Implant dentistry has been a breakthrough invention for the rehabilitation of partially and completely edentulous patients for a few decades, but an advancing complication associated with implant procedures is the accidental ingestion or aspiration of dental implant components (implants, cover screws, abutments, implant instruments etc.) A radiographic evaluation is essential to confirm the presence of a foreign body. Generally, instruments that enter the gastrointestinal tract pass asymptomatically within 4 d… Show more
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