Use of a root-form implant as a dental pin in a submerged canine for prosthesis support: a case report.
A cavity was prepared in a submerged and impacted maxillary canine in the location of a missing lateral incisor. An 8-mm-long Screw-Vent implant was threaded into the site to function as a dental pin via mechanical retention. A Swede-Vent implant was placed in the area of the adjacent central incisor. After a 6-month submerged healing period, the Swede-Vent implant had clinically osseointegrated, and no breakdown of the dental tissue around the Screw-Vent implant was observed. The implants were restored with a two-unit splinted fixed prosthesis.
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Department of Periodontics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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D000368:Aged; D003481:Cuspid; D000044:Dental Abutments; D015921:Dental Implants; D003772:Dental Pins; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000295:instrumentation; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000601:surgery*
D015921:Dental Implants