2019 Volume 32 Issue 3 Pages 236-241
It is well known about blood spots occurring after surgical procedures. However, blood spots after implant operations were not well documented. In addition, occurrence of unexpected wide blood spots after implant operation could undermine the rapport between patient and clinician.
In this paper, we report a case of broad blood spots after implant operation for maxillary implant over denture (IOD) treatment.
A 73-year-old female patient visited our department because of mobility of the maxillary removable partial denture and difficulty with mastication. We planned IOD treatment by four implants with sprinted bar attachments. After implant placement surgery, we observed wide blood spots on postoperative day 7. On postoperative day 14, the blood spots were seen to be disappearing, and on postoperative day 35, almost all the blood spots had disappeared. Uneventful healing was observed before and after secondary surgery, and we delivered IOD treatment with bar attachments. Six years and nine months have passed since IOD treatment was delivered, and the patient has achieved a favorable clinical outcome.
