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Removal of a migrated dental implant from a maxillary sinus by transnasal endoscopy.

Kitamura A

Department of Developmental and Reconstructive Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan. a-kit@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp

A 54-year-old woman presented with maxillary sinusitis as a result of the migration of an implant into the sinus. We removed it endoscopically through the nose.

Published 28 May 2007 in Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 45(5): 410-1.
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