Can implants that penetrated the sinus cause long term complications?

Don't go back to that dentist!

HOLD ON A MINUTE ! ! ! ! ! ! LET'S NOT JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS SO FAST ! ! ! ! ANY DENTIST WHO IS PLACING DENTAL IMPLANTS INTO THE POSTERIOR MAXILLA HAS AT ONE TIME IN HIS/HER CAREER HAD AN IMPLANT DISAPPEAR INTO THE SINUS ! ! ! ! ! IT IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD; AND THE ORAL SURGEON IN THIS CASE SHOULD HAVE NOT PUT YOU THROUGH THE PROCEDURE HE DID.... IT WAS NOT NECESSARY. In my now 50th year in dentistry ( McGill University Montreal, Canada Class of 1966) and placing implants in my 45 th year, having been trained by Dr. Leonard Linkow, who I met while doing a post graduate program in Oral Rehabilitation at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem Israel, and listening to Hilt Tatum lecture many times; I have had the experience of at least 10 cases of having implants disappear into the sinus........unlike an infected natural root of a tooth, that gets dislodged into the sinus during an extraction procedure, there is no reason to chase after a run away implant.... it is harmless. Over the many years ,some of these patients have passed away from natural causes, and certainly nothing to do with their sinuses, many are still around, and still come to see me as patients..... and the panorex films are interesting, as it is like watching a cruise ship....... these guys move around... and go from port to port, but always out at sea.....except for the case I will describe below..... Two years ago, one of my patients, a rather large man, who had a floating sinus implant for many years , never bothered him and who lived in another city, called me and told me that something strange happened........one day, he woke up, sneezed and felt a metallic object come into his mouth ........ he put it into an envelope and mailed it to me....... it was the lost implant with the healing collar on it that got dislodged when I uncovered the implant and placed a healing collar on to it.... tightening the screw, caused the non integrated implant to travel into the sinus. The sad and unfortunate part of this story .....is that when he did come to see me, he was in the terminal stages of pancreatic cancer, and did not have the energy to walk down the stairs to where our panorex machne rsides......so I do not have the proof to show you guys..... So my final advice is...... one day it is going to happen to you......we are much more bold in our surgical techniques, and the once Maxillary Sinus area synonomous with " No Man's Land" , has become a playground for the skilled and daring....so it will happen to you..... and my best advice is to place the patient on a good antibiotic, check with the pharmacy for a good nasal decongestant, and sit back and watch the cruise ship move anywhere it wants to go....IT IS HARMLESS! ! If any one wants to contact me to see xrays of these cruise ships...please by all means don't be shy........contact me Gerry Rudick Montreal, Canada 514 342-4444

I am Dentist that just fell on the street one month ago and had a very tiny fracture of the cheeck bone. This created blod clot in my sinus and was untreated for several reasons. Hurted the day of the fall but then I got busy with holidays and did not seem to have pain, although there was something of unsetleness. Finaly after a month, I am now treated for my lungs, since the bacteria that developed in the clott had been doing their task. Never fever. Today I am in the hands of my ENT. Progressing but not stable. Never loss a tooth, and no decay or periodontal disease. No entry... just the clot. My point here is that sinus is an entity that we (Dentist) know somethings but never when they get infected. This is for the ENT. Take all your medicines... and be great patient. Nature has its ways. Rest well. This will improve. ANIMO. CHEERS.