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Natural teeth used as provisionals in immediate implant loading in the maxilla: a case report
Milton Edson Miranda1, Karina Andrea Novaes Olivieri
1São Leopoldo Mandic, School of Dentistry, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. memiranda@memiranda.com.br
Purpose:
The purpose of this article is to describe a clinical case in which the patient's natural teeth were extracted and used as provisionals immediately after the implants had been placed.
Patient Presentation:
A 52-year-old woman was treated with implants at the 2 maxillary central incisors using osseotite-tapered certain implants (Biomet 3I Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, FL), length: 15 mm, diameter: 4.1 mm; and the extracted teeth were used as provisionals.
Results:
After 4 months of using the temporary teeth, the treatment was concluded with the placement of 2 metal-free crowns on the implants and light polymerized resin on teeth 7 and 10.
Conclusions:
This work showed the possibility of using the patient's extracted teeth as provisional teeth during the period of osseointegration, preserving aesthetics and favoring gingival tissue healing with a correct emergence profile and maintenance of the gingival papillae.
