Immediate Implants With Customized Abutments

Launched by UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, GENEVA · Nov 23, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Tooth extraction is followed by marked alterations of the tissue volume. Incorporation of biomaterials into a fresh extraction socket can significantly reduce alveolar resorption but is not able to diminish the biologic process of the buccal bone plate. The resorption process of at least the surrounding mucosa can be altered by using immediate implant placement and additional features such as immediate provisional crown, platform switching and grafting the gap between implant and buccal bone plate. The support of the gingival margin with a provisional crown led to an increase of buccal ging...

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Eligibility criteria

• • Inclusion Criteria:•
• • The patient is ≥ 18 years old
• • Extraction of single rooted tooth with healthy adjacent teeth (PD\<5mm, no BOP)
• • Patient must be able to understand the purpose of the study and to sign the consent form
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Smoking status of more than 10 cigarettes/day
• • History of uncontrolled metabolic disorders (e.g. diabetes mellitus)
• • History of malignancy, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy
• • Pregnant or breast feeding
• • History of immunodeficiences
• • existence of metabolic bone disease or disease affecting bone healing
• • untreated or active periodontitis (BOP and PD\>5mm)
• • absence or defects of the buccal bone plate