title: Replacement of hopeless retained primary teeth by immediate dental implants: a case report.
abstract: Hopeless retained primary teeth without permanent successors represent a restorative challenge for clinicians, along with esthetic and functional problems for patients. While various treatment approaches for congenitally missing teeth have been proposed, the replacement of a missing tooth with a dental implant offers specific advantages, such as preservation of the alveolar crest and elimination of the need to restore the adjacent teeth, over other options for tooth replacement. The aim of this article was to illustrate the surgical and prosthetic treatment with implants of a patient with primary teeth without permanent successors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bucco-Maxillo-Facial Surgery and Traumatology and Periodontology, School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Guilherme O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Macedo
authors.forename: Valdir A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Muglia
authors.forename: Sérgio L S
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Arthur B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Novaes
authors.forename: Mário
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taba