Perforated the lingual cortical plate by around 3 mm: What can I expect?
During the installation of an implant in #20, 21 area [mandibular left second, first premolar; 35, 34] I perforated the lingual cortical plate by around 3 mm. I did not realize it then as there was no significant bleeding, and went ahead with torquing down the implant fixture into the osteotomy site and did not encounter any problems. I achieved about 50Ncm torque. I made an immediate open tray impression, and in the evening, while I was screwing the implant replicas on the impression post, I thought that the implant had too much a lingual inclination. I called the patient on the third day after installation and he reported that there was some sublingual hematoma, but nothing life threatening. I have scheduled the implant for removal tomorrow. Should I worry about bleeding or a hematoma now during untorquing? Should I go ahead with implant placement in an adjacent site? Should I reflect a large flap and then untorque, or untorque it through the flap after removing the healing abutment? Or should I leave it as it is?