Fistula

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Permalink Reply by Henk de Waal on November 11, 2009 at 4:36am

If you could get an old Xray of the tooth just before extracted you will probably find the area in exactly the same place - my guess is the area was not totally cleaned out at tooth removal, or not enough time as given for the area to heal totally. Regards, Hendrik de Waal

Permalink Reply by Cary Feuerman, DMD on November 16, 2009 at 11:12pm

Hi Ira,
Henk has it right. Prior xrays and the history may give insight into the pre-surgical status of the tooth. If there was a prior endo failure or apicoectomy, for example, and the site was not properly curetted at the time of tooth removal, then a contaminant may have remained. You should also check the proximity of the implant to the adjacent teeth apices to see if the teeth may be the source of the problem, i.e.endo problem. Let me know if you need more info. Hope this is useful.

Permalink Reply by Ira N. Dickerman, CDT on December 5, 2009 at 2:39pm

It turns out to be cement. This from a very careful operator. Just goes to show you it can happen to anybody.
Ira

Permalink Reply by Cary Feuerman, DMD on December 5, 2009 at 6:47pm

Not as uncommon as you might think!

Ira N. Dickerman, CDT, TE said:

It turns out to be cement. This from a very careful operator. Just goes to show you it can happen to anybody.
Ira

Permalink Reply by Doug Ness, DDS, ABGD on December 15, 2009 at 12:22am

Was this an immediate implant? If so, perhaps there was a periapical lesion that was not adequately curretted prior to the osteotomy.
Surgical access is needed now, just as an apical surgery on a natural tooth. Complete currettage of the lesion, bone graft, etc.