FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

DENTAL IMPLANT

MDR report key: 18638 · Received December 30, 1994

Report

Report Number
MW1004608
Date Received
December 30, 1994
Date of Event
October 17, 1994
Report Date
December 28, 1994
Manufacturer
DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Product Code
DZE
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
DENTIST

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE IMPLANT WAS PLACED IN TOOTH AREA #19 ON 11/8/93. THE AREA WAS UNCOVERED ON 3/2/94, AT WHICH TIME THE BONE WAS NOTED TO BE HEALTHY AND GROWING OVER THE TOP OF THE IMPLANT. THE CROWN WAS PROBABLY PLACED IN 4/94. THE PT HAD THREE CROWNS REPLACED BECAUSE OF LOOSENING, ALTHOUGH ON 6/20/94, WHEN THE RPTR SAW THE PT EVERYTHING LOOKED HEALTHY. ON 10/17/94, THE PT WAS SEEN BECAUSE OF A LOOSE CROWN. CLINICAL AND X-RAY EVIDENCE SUGGESTED THAT THE IMPLANT WAS FRACTURED. THE RPTR STATED THAT THE IMPLANT HAD SPLINTERED AT THE TOP AND THERE WAS NO BONE WHERE THE IMPLANT HAD SPLINTERED. UPON REMOVAL OF THE TOP PORTION OF THE IMPLANT, THE RPTR NOTED THAT THE BONE AROUND THE IMPLANT LOOKED HEALTHY. THE RPTR STATED THAT THE IMPLANT WAS PUT TO SLEEP.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DENTAL IMPLANT Implant DZE DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 44 YR