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- Title
Unusual malignant neoplasms occurring around dental implants: A report of 2 cases.
- Authors
Song Hee Oh; Ju Hee Kang; Yu-Kyeong Seo; Sae Rom Lee; Yong-Suk Choi; Eui-Hwan Hwang
- Abstract
Osseointegrated implants are now commonplace in contemporary dentistry. However, a number of complications can occur around dental implants, including peri-implantitis, maxillary sinusitis, osteomyelitis, and neoplasms. There have been several reports of a malignant neoplasm occurring adjacent to a dental implant. In this report, we describe 2 such cases. One case was that of a 75-year-old man with no previous history of malignant disease who developed a solitary plasmacytoma around a dental implant in the left posterior mandible, and the other was that of a 43-year-old man who was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma adjacent to a dental implant in the right posterior mandible. Our experiences with these 2 cases suggest the possibility of a relationship between implant treatment and an inflammatory cofactor that might increase the risk of development of a malignant neoplasm.
- Subjects
SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma; DENTAL implant complications; DENTISTRY; PLASMACYTOMA; TUMORS; PATIENTS
- Publication
Imaging Science in Dentistry, 2018, Vol 48, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
2233-7822
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.5624/isd.2018.48.1.59