| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3156864 | Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 2011 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The aim of the present report is to describe a clinical case of ectodermal dysplasia (ED) treated with an immediate implant-loading protocol. Six implants were placed in freshly extracted sockets of a 55-year-old patient with ED and immediately loaded in 48 hours. No immediate implant-loading protocol in a patient with ED has been reported. Implant management is difficult because of knife-edge ridges and pathologic 3-dimensional relation of the jaws. In the present case, implant non-parallelism caused by alveolar ridge atrophy was managed using a specific prosthetic connection device that simplified the surgical and prosthetic procedure and allowed a low-risk immediate-loading protocol.
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Authors
Aniello D'Ambrosio, Andrea Cioffi, Antonello Cirillo, Gilberto Sammartino,