Early Placement of an Implant in a Maxillary Left First Premolar Site
Clinical Case Report
Clinical Case Report
A 32-year-old male patient in good general health, a nonsmoker, presented with a very large carious lesion in the mandibular left first molar (tooth 36). The probing depth around the molar was between 1 and 2 mm. This tooth was considered hopeless for three reasons: The carious lesion at the level of the root furcation that could lead to tooth fracture, the tooth was extruded because of the loss of almost the entire crown. As a result, the crown-to-root ratio was unfavorable and maintaining the tooth by means of crown lengthening would lead to furcation exposure. Based on these considerations, tooth extraction and immediate implant placement (Type 1) was planned in agreement with the patient. Immediate placement offers an obvious advantage to the patient, as the time interval between tooth extraction and the placement of the final restoration is minimized. Additionally, patient morbidity is reduced.
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