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Dental implants in a young patient with Papillon-Lefevre syndrome: a case report
Ian Woo1, Daniel P Brunner, Dennis-Duke R Yamashita
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. ianwoo@doctor.com
Implant Dentistry
|July 17, 2003
Abstract:
A case is reported of dental implant placement in a 13-year-old patient diagnosed with Papillon-Lefevre Syndrome. Two titanium dental implants were placed in the mandible for an implant-retained denture after the patient complained of having an unstable prosthesis. Follow-up radiographs showed successful osseointegration and preservation of alveolar bone 1 year after implant placement and the continual wearing of a functional dental prosthesis.