Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Apr 2019
Flapless Extraction and Immediate Implant Placed Into a Mandibular Molar Site: A Clinical Case Report and 5-Year Follow-Up
Flapless Extraction and Immediate Implant Placed Into a Mandibular Molar Site: A Clinical Case Report and 5-Year Follow-Up
BDS, MPH, MBA, MSc, DrPH
Page Range: 159 – 164

Panoramic radiograph taken at the first visit.

Surgical procedure. (a) Pretreatment view. (b) Tooth extraction and atraumatic extraction using flapless extraction approach, (c) Extraction socket with septal bone. (d) Implant placement with wide gap distance. (e) Freeze-dried bone allograft placement at the bottom 2/3 and xenograft in the coronal 1/3. (f) Membrane placement and suturing.

Healing process at (a) 10 days, (b) 1 month, (c) 6 months, (d) crown placement, and (e) 5 years after crown placement.

Radiographic evaluation at (a) osteotomy preparation, (b) day of implant placement, (c) 1 month, (d) 3 months, (e) 6 months, (f) crown placement and, (g) 5-year follow-up after crown placement.
Contributor Notes
Corresponding author, e-mail: znatto@kau.edu.sa