Optimal esthetics in single-tooth replacement with the Re-Implant system: a case report.
OBJECTIVE
This report demonstrates the use of root-analogue titanium implants for single-tooth replacement.


METHODS
A maxillary lateral incisor was removed and a custom-made one-stage, root-analogue titanium implant (Re-Implant) with an apical extension and a healing cap was fabricated and placed immediately after tooth extraction. Six months later the healing cap was removed, an impression was taken, and a porcelain-fused-to-metal crown was fabricated and cemented.


RESULTS
No complications occurred during the healing period. A good esthetic result was achieved with the final ceramometal crown. Bony resorption and buccal soft tissue recession led to a slight discoloration of the marginal periimplant mucosa.


CONCLUSIONS
Further research into the modalities of the immediate placement of root-analogue implants is needed to obtain predictable esthetic results concerning the soft tissue environment.
Heydecke
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Department of Prosthodontics, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany.
Kohal
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Gläser
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D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D019250:Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla; D008875:Middle Aged; D014090:Tooth Replantation