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Soft tissue augmentation of the cheeks detected on intra- and extraoral radiographs: a case report

¹ Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, ² Oral Imaging Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

*Correspondence to: Ghada Alsaadi, Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 7, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. E-mail: alsaadi-ghada{at}belgacom.net

Received 16 October 2006; revised 6 February 2007; accepted 13 March 2007

Augmentation material used in plastic surgery such as facelift procedures can be radiopaque and thus become visible on extra- and intraoral radiographs. These objects may obscure anatomical structures and mask critical findings, therefore leading to potential misinterpretation of otherwise successful images. The present report describes a case in which the radiographic intra- and extraoral data are partly masked by a superimposed radiopaque mesh, which was suspected to originate from a facelift procedure. A gold thread lift was confirmed by the plastic surgeon.

Keywords: plastic surgery; facelifting; radiography; artefacts; soft tissue calcification