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- Title
Usefulness of Wedge-Shaped Implants in the Full-Arch Rehabilitation of Severe Maxillary Atrophy: A Case Report.
- Authors
Giudice, Amerigo; Attanasio, Ferdinando; Bennardo, Francesco; Antonelli, Alessandro; Vercellotti, Tomaso
- Abstract
The management of marked horizontal bone atrophy represents a critical challenge for traditional implantology procedures. For this purpose, clinicians have developed several protocols and procedures to allow the most suitable and accurate surgical and prosthetic implant rehabilitation. Despite the development of guided bone regeneration methods and the use of small-diameter implants, the rehabilitation of thin bone areas is a clinical dilemma for the medium- and long-term survival of implant-prosthetic therapies. This clinical case evaluates the use of wedge-shaped implants for the full-arch rehabilitation of an atrophic maxilla with a thin ridge. This treatment choice allowed a minimally invasive rehabilitation, avoiding regenerative bone surgery, while respecting biologic and prosthetic limits. Furthermore, evaluation of the implant stability quotient and marginal bone loss values during the first year of follow-up allowed analysis of the behavior of this rehabilitation in fullarch maxillary cases.
- Subjects
ORAL radiography; MAXILLA surgery; BONE resorption; DENTAL implants; COMPLETE dentures; DENTAL fillings; COMPUTER-aided design; DENTAL arch; DENTURES; COMPUTED tomography; SEVERITY of illness index; FAMILY history (Medicine); MAXILLA; PERIODONTITIS; PROSTHESIS design &; construction; TOOTH loss; PHENOTYPES
- Publication
International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry, 2024, Vol 44, Issue 3, p347
- ISSN
0198-7569
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11607/prd.6453