title: Long-term treatment planning for single tooth implants: an orthodontic perspective.
abstract: Although the traditional treatment planning options still exist whether to open or close space associated with a congenitally missing tooth, with the advent of implants, treatment planning for space opening has changed. Often there is a delay between the completion of orthodontic treatment and the placement of implants with a risk of bone loss occurring in the missing tooth space over the intervening years. A greater emphasis during treatment planning is now placed on the preservation of bone in the missing tooth space where space opening is indicated.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Fowler
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology; D000848:Anodontia / Q000628:therapy; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000002:abnormalities; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000517:prevention & control; D003481:Cuspid / Q000503:physiopathology; D019250:Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities; D008334:Mandible; D008437:Maxilla; D008963:Molar / Q000503:physiopathology; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000503:physiopathology