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Lateral Mandibular Angle™ Size: 4/10, LeftRecalls & reported problems

Implantech Associates, Inc. · Mandibular Implant · Class 2 · Implant

Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI M724TMA0410L1), received between Jun 16, 2022 and Jun 16, 2022 — classified as 1 injury.

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Bacterial Infection1
  • Failure of Implant1
  • Fluid Discharge1
  • Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding1
  • Physical Asymmetry1
  • Swelling/ Edema1
  • Wound Dehiscence1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryJun 16, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    THE PATIENT/COMPLAINANT REPORTED RECEIVING SEVERAL FACIAL IMPLANTS, THEN SUBSEQUENTLY EXPERIENCED THE STITCHES AT SITE OF LEFT SIDE MANDIBULAR IMPLANT OPENING WITH AN OUTFLOW OF FULID AND BLOOD (APPROXIMATELY 5 DAYS POST-OP). SEVEN (7) DAYS POST-OP, THE DOCTOR SEWED UP THE INCISION SITE. FOUR (4) WEEKS POST-OP, THE STITCHES HAD REOPENED, AND WERE AGAIN SEWED UP UNDER LOCAL ANESTHESIA. FIVE (5) WEEKS POST-OP, THE DOCTOR SEWED UP THE INCISION FOR THE THIRD TIME BECAUSE THEY HAD AGAIN REOPENED. ALMOST 7 WEEKS POSTOP, PATIENT REPORTED TO PHYSICIAN THAT THE STITCHES HAD OPENED MORE THAN EVER AND THE IMPLANT WAS VISIBLE. APPROXIMATELY EIGHT (8) WEEKS POST-OP, PATIENT HAD A SECOND OPERATION UNDER TOTAL ANESTHESIA, WHERE THE DOCTOR "REMOVED THE IMPLANT, RECONSTRUCTED THE AREA, STERILIZED THE IMPLANT CLINICALLY HIMSELF AND PLACED IT AGAIN, PLACING 1 SCREW INTRAORALLY". THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE SECOND SURGERY, THE POST-OPERATIVE SWWELLING HAD NOT SUBSIDED. THE PATIENT HAD LOST FAITH IN THE ORIGINAL DOCTOR, AND SAW ANOTHER PHYSICIAN WHO SUGGESTED A POSSIBLE INFECTION. PATIENT SAW ANOTHER DOCTOR WHO DIAGNOSED ASYMMETRY IN THE FACE WITH SEVERE SWELLING ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE DOCTOR PR

    Patient problems: Bacterial Infection; Failure of Implant; Fluid Discharge; Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding; Physical Asymmetry; Swelling/ Edema; Wound Dehiscence

    MAUDE report 14714156 ↗

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