Dental implants have shown great success in recent years. However, in certain circumstances they can suffer from complications.
It usually results from a combination of infection and host inflammatory responses or a lack thereof.
This report documents an extra-oral cutaneous fistula associated with an osseointegrated dentoalveolar implant.
R. Mahmood,*1 F. J. Puthussery,2 T. Flood 2 and K. Shekhar3
1 Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, L9 7AL; 2 Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 8BJ; 3 Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY
BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 215 NO. 2 JUL 27 2013