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Provisional implants: surgical and prosthetic aspects.
1Dental Implant Center, Lyndhurst, Ohio, USA.
Implant Dentistry
|July 14, 2001
Summary
Immediate provisional implants offer a solution for providing temporary teeth after dental implant surgery. This method avoids tissue-borne prostheses, promoting better healing of conventional implants and grafting materials.
Area of Science:
- Dentistry
- Oral Surgery
- Prosthodontics
Background:
- Technological advancements have improved dental implant success rates.
- Providing temporary teeth during the immediate postsurgical period remains a challenge.
- Tissue-borne prostheses can impede healing of conventional implants or grafting materials.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the methodology for placing immediate provisional implants.
- To present alternative approaches for fabricating temporary prostheses.
- To review the outcomes of 12 cases utilizing immediate provisional implants.
Main Methods:
- Detailed description of the surgical procedure for immediate provisional implant placement.
- Discussion of three distinct techniques for temporary prosthesis fabrication.
- Clinical review and analysis of 12 patient cases.
Main Results:
- Successful placement of immediate provisional implants was achieved.
- The reviewed cases demonstrated the feasibility of the described methods.
- No significant interference with the healing of conventional implants or grafting material was observed.
Conclusions:
- Immediate provisional implants are a viable solution for temporary tooth replacement post-surgery.
- This technique eliminates the need for potentially disruptive tissue-borne prostheses.
- The described methods offer effective options for temporary prosthesis fabrication in implant dentistry.