ABSTRACT
Osteochondroma of the mandibular condyle is an uncommon condition which could clinically present with chronic pain symptoms. This report describes a case of chronic facial pain in a patient with this condition which was confirmed radiologically.
Subject(s)
Facial Pain/pathology , Mandibular Condyle/pathology , Mandibular Neoplasms/pathology , Osteochondroma/pathology , Amines/therapeutic use , Analgesics/therapeutic use , Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids/therapeutic use , Facial Pain/drug therapy , Gabapentin , Humans , Male , Mandibular Neoplasms/surgery , Middle Aged , Osteochondroma/surgery , Treatment Outcome , gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/therapeutic useABSTRACT
UNLABELLED: The Transmandibular Implant System (TMI) had been developed in order to provide a patient with a severely resorbed mandible with a stable and retensive implant-supported overdenture. Failure of the transmucosal posts may necessitate removal of the transmandibular implant in total and treatment with an implant-supported prosthesis. The purpose of this paper is to describe overcoming failure of a transmandibular implant without removal and synchronous placement of endosseous dental implants in the interforaminal region, providing an implant-retained overdenture to the patient. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Transmandibular implants are rarely used nowadays and management of a failed transmandibular implant is reported even less often. Where bone height is adequate, dental implants may be placed in the anterior mandible, even when the failed transmandibular implant is not completely removed.
