FAILING CHIN AUGMENTATION OR INFECTED RETENTION SCREW? Here is an interesting case with the following presentation… – 42 yo healthy female – Chief Complaint: Recent onset pain on the LR chin area – Hx of facial reconstruction including mandibular surgery to address significant Class II malocclusion – Chin augmentation also performed at that time; outlined by red arrows – CBCT shows the location of the chin graft with a radiolucency at the interface of graft and communication with root apices of #26 and #27 – Surgery done in 1989 – Recent onset discomfort associated with #26, 27 area with radiographic […]
FAILING CHIN AUGMENTATION OR INFECTED RETENTION SCREW?
