%0 Journal Article
%T An unusual, deceptive delayed of profuse haemorrhage after mandibular implant dentistry: risk planning and medico-legal instruction
%A D. LAURITANO
%A E. EL HADDAD
%A F. CARINCI
%A G. EL HADDAD
%A R.M. GAUDIO
%J Archive of "Oral & Implantology".
%D 2017
%R 10.11138/orl/2017.10.4.495
%X Mandibular implant placement (MIP) has been accepted and widely used for decades all over the world, and has reached a very high level of therapeutic reliability. MIP is used mostly in elderly edentulous patients who lost their teeth when dentistry was not oriented to fixed or removable prosthetic. Notwithstanding this, every year cases of severe complications during MIP due to haemorrhage causing life-threatening airway¡¯s obstruction are reported. These severe complications of MIP need immediate therapy, usually with hospitalization, and may be potentially fatal
%K acute floor of mouth hematoma
%K airway management
%K airway obstruction
%K dental implant complications
%K haemorrhage
%K edema
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5892658/