Is this a fistula?
This is an implant I did in September last year with a simultaneous sinus lift and Bio-Oss graft. Due to scheduling issues, I will only be able to examine the patient next month, but I got this picture from another dentist in the area. Does this look like a fistula? What else could it be?
4 Comments on Is this a fistula?
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Joao
3/19/2017
I'm sorry I sent the wrong file. But I mean that little white thing in buccal side
Dr. Gerald Rudick
3/21/2017
The small hole in the gingival tissue is not uncommon when an implant has been placed with a healing collar close to the surface.
From the information supplied, it is not possible to say what the "little white thing in buccal side" might be....... we do not have an xray of the existing teeth
DrT
3/21/2017
If you think it is a fistula numb area and try to trace it with gutta percha point followed by digital image
Dennis Flanagan DDS MSc
3/22/2017
Have the dentist place a #40 GP in the "fistula" and take a PA, if the GP doesn't go in then it probably a scar.
Dennis Flsnsgsn DDS MSc
