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Premature loss of teeth leads to an inevitable egression of opposing teeth. Schuchardt osteotomy is a quick and efficient alternative to create a prosthetic space compatible with prosthetic rehabilitation. During the surgical procedure, it is difficult, if not impossible, to preserve the integrity of the sinus membrane and thus to proceed at the same time with a bone graft in the adjacent sub-sinus area to address a vertical alveolar deficiency. In this technical note, the author describes a new technique by combining a sinus suspension during a Schuchardt osteotomy. This innovative approach allows for the treatment of Schneider's membrane perforation and the simultaneous achievement of sub-sinus bone augmentation during the osteotomy.
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INTRODUCTION: The primary objective of this retrospective study was to determine whether patients treated with clindamycin due to a reported allergy to penicillin have an increased risk of postsurgical infections after sinus lifts and onlay grafts. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was performed on patients who underwent bone reconstruction procedures between October 2018 and December 2020. Data from all patients operated at the Pitié Salpêtrière University Hospital for sinus lifts or onlay grafts were collected. All surgical procedures studied were performed under preoperative and postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis with either amoxicillin (+/- clavulanic acid) or clindamycin for patients with reported penicillin allergy. Bone graft-associated infections as well as graft failures were recorded. RESULTS: In this study, 111 patients received bone reconstructions (89 sinus lifts and 148 onlay grafts). In the sinus lifts group, infections occurred in 5 of 89 sites (5.6 %). The infection rate was 28.5 % (7 graft sites) and only 3.9 % (82 graft sites) for clindamycin and for amoxicillin, respectively. In the onlay graft group, infections occurred in 25 of 148 sites (16.8 %). The infection rate was 56 % and only 12 % for clindamycin (18 graft sites) and for amoxicillin, respectively (130 graft sites). Non-Penicillin treated patients had a higher risk of infection with an odd ratio of 7.8 (95 % CI 1.1-54.8, P = 0.04) and 4.8 (95 % CI 1.9-12.3, P = 0.001) compared with patients receiving amoxicillin for onlay grafts and sinus lifts. CONCLUSION: Penicillin allergy and clindamycin use after sinus lift and onlay graft procedures were associated with a higher rate of infection and may be a risk factor for complications related to bone reconstruction surgery.
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Bone resorption is a consequence of the loss of a tooth. Alveolar ridge resorption can restrict the volume of bone available for the positioning of a dental implant. Bone graft is a routinely performed procedure in order to increase this volume and provide an adequate situation for the replacement of the tooth. However, autogenous bone is the gold standard for this procedure, xenogenous bone is a good alternative. It presents reliable results and a low complication rate. In this article, we describe the case of an infection resulting in a facial skin fistula following a guided bone regeneration. A 52-year-old woman visited a maxillofacial unit with complaints of persistent swelling of the right cheek, associated to a facial skin fistula. She had a history of xenograft with OsteoBiol Gen-os©, performed at a dental office nine months earlier. Clinical examination and computed tomography suggested that there was a migration process of the bone substitute inside the cheek, which had led to the infection with a facial skin fistula. Loss of stability of the bone graft and particular anatomy of the posterior region of the mandible could explain the migration of the particles and the formation of the fistula.