Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Dec 2004

Single-Tooth Replacements in the Esthetic Zone With an Immediate Function Implant: A Preliminary Report

DDS
Page Range: 369 – 375
DOI: 10.1563/0710.1
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Abstract

Patients demand an economic, esthetic, and expedient fashion to replace teeth that are missing in the esthetic zone. The clinical response of a 1-piece spiral immediate-function implant was evaluated for this purpose. The implants were placed into immediate extraction sites as well as healed sites and were provisionalized, and patients were put into immediate function the same day as surgery. Sites that qualified for this technique were based on bone density. Bone density in combination with its aggressive thread design and conservative surgical osteotomy preparation produced a 98.8% success rate over a 3-year period for 86 patients.

Copyright: American Academy of Implant Dentistry



Contributor Notes

William M. Locante, DDS, is in private practice. Address correspondence to Dr Locante at 850 Willow Tree Circle, Cordova, TN 38018 (DocOsteo@aol.com).

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