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. 2026 Jan 8;38(1):4. doi: 10.1007/s44445-025-00102-2

Table 2.

Most common complications associated with MOOKP

Category Complications Notes
Maxillofacial

- Mandibular fracture

- Failed tooth extraction

- Fistula formation

- Exposure of the root of an adjacent tooth

- Perforation of the oral mucosal flap

- Oral discomfort due to pressure

- Maxillary sinus perforation

- Submucosal scarring at the implantation site

- Rejection of the bone-tooth complex

- Paresthesia at the implantation site

- Sinusitis

- Infection at the graft site (Ortiz-Morales et al. 2022)

Most common intraoperative complication
Mucosal complications

- Graft defect

- Mucosal overgrowth

- Mucosal necrosis (Basu et al. 2013)

Glaucoma

- High preoperative intraocular pressure

- Predisposition in autoimmune diseases (mucous membrane pemphigoid, Stevens-Johnson syndrome) (Fu and Hollick 2023)

Most common late complication after artificial cornea transplantation
Laminar resorption -More frequent in patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome (Fu and Hollick 2023; Iyer et al. 2014) Risk increases in autoimmune diseases

The table summarizes the most common complications associated with MOOKP, their characteristics, and risk factors