Bone Healing at a Failed Implant Site in a Type II Diabetic Patient: Clinical and Histologic Evaluations: A Case Report
Placement of endosseous dental implants in diabetic patients may be compromised because of altered wound healing. Additionally there is no established timetable for implant healing in these patients. A case report is presented that evaluates implant healing at the site of a failed implant after its removal. This report documents bone remodeling in a diabetic patient 6 months after removing the failed implant. The prostheses was delivered within 4 months in the upper arch despite the complications during the healing period.Abstract
Radiograph showing apically involved teeth in the upper right posterior sextant.
(a) Prosthesis in function after 6 months for upper right 2nd premolar and after 9 months for upper right 1st and 2nd molar. (b) Radiograph showing no specific bone loss around implant.
Contributor Notes
Jun-Beom Park , DDS, MSD, is the former head of the Department of Periodontology, Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Seoul, Korea. He is currently at the Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University. Address correspondence to Dr Park at Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, 28-2 Yongon-Dong, Chongno-Gu, Seoul 110-749, Korea (jbassoonis@yahoo.co.kr).