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- Title
The application of orthodontic bone stretching for correcting malpositioned dental implants.
- Authors
Bousquet, Philippe; Barthélemi, Stéphane; Artz, Christèle; Delsol, Laurent
- Abstract
Background: Dental implants are sometimes initially placed in a wrong position leading to esthetic damage, which is difficult to solve with prosthetics. Moreover, implants placed in the anterior sector, like ankylosed teeth, are frequently found in a wrong position over time with infraocclusion because of continuous anterior alveolar growth. Different treatments have been proposed to manage the consequences of malpositioned dental implants. Case presentation: This paper describes a surgical and orthodontic new procedure that can be used to relocate an implant in a wrong position: the Orthodontic Bone Stretching technique (OBS), which involves deep partial osteotomies combined with heavy orthodontic forces. The applied force facilitates esthetic rehabilitation with a movement towards the occlusal plane and can modify the implant axis and the gingival line alignment. This relocation is made possible thanks to a bone stretching phenomenon in the surgical area without immediate mobilization or repositioning of an alveolar segment. Three cases with the need for implant repositioning are presented here and were treated with the OBS technique. Conclusion: In the three cases presented, implant relocation was successfully performed with the OBS technique and the prosthetic crown was modified to improve esthetic results.
- Subjects
DENTAL implants; GINGIVA; PROSTHETICS; MALOCCLUSION; TEETH; TOOTH loss
- Publication
Head & Face Medicine, 2021, Vol 17, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1746-160X
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1186/s13005-021-00294-y