Swallowed by the bone - Is skin reaction the "tip of the iceberg"?

The most frequent complications of osseointegrated implantation include implant-site infections, soft tissue overgrowth and failure of osseointegration. Bone overgrowth is also a complication at the abutment site and infrequently reported. We describe a rare case of difficult control and exuberant bone overgrowth, with total implant involvement, in a short period of time never before described in the literature. Bone growth around the implant is frequently underestimated and can be the cause of difficult control of skin reactions, that in some cases is just the "tip of the iceberg". Timely surgical review with removing excess bone may lead to implant preservation and control of skin reaction and healing. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Joana Raquel Costa, Mariline Santos, Miguel Bebiano Coutinho, Teresa Soares, Cecília Almeida E Sousa. Swallowed by the bone - Is skin reaction the "tip of the iceberg"? International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology. 2020 Aug;135:110094

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PMID: 32442821

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