RESEARCH ARTICLE


Immediate Dental Implant Placements Using Osteotome Technique: A Case Report and Literature Review



Saad Al-Almaie*
King Fahd Military Medical Complex, P.O. Box 946 Dhahran 31932, Saudi Arabia


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Abstract

This clinical case describes the effect of the osteotome technique on the osseointegration of a mandibular dental implant in a 42-year-old female patient with dento-alveolar bony defects and to review the literature regarding immediate implant placement using osteotome technique. The amount of bone expansion at the alveolar ridge and the marginal bone resorption from the time of implant placement to one year after the implant’s functional loading were recorded clinically. The esthetic outcome for the restored implant (the gingival margin) was achieved one years after the implant’s functional loading. The surgical and prosthetic sites for the implant showed no postoperative complications, and no infection or wound dehiscence was recorded during the follow-up period. The osteotome technique is good for the purpose for which it was introduced, and its advantages with immediate implant placement include reduced surgical trauma and a shorter treatment time.

Keywords: Bone density, Bone resorption, Implant stability, Osteotome technique, Ridge defect, Ridge expansion.