Incisive canal deflation for correct implant placement: case report.
OBJECTIVE
This article is a case report of a patient in whom the prosthetic planning indicated the necessity of an incisive canal deflation for the correct installation of an implant that is to be osseointegrated.


METHODS
In the reopening phase after the bone graft installation, the incisive canal deflation (biopsy of its content) was done and titanium implants were installed with one of them invading the anatomical space occupied previously by the incisive canal. The biopsy analysis showed fragments of the incisive artery and nerve, which are responsible for the anterior upper-tooth pulp, the periodontium vascularization and the innervation. From the anastomosis present along with other structures allied with the absence of teeth in the region, there was no detriment to the patient caused by the deflation.


CONCLUSIONS
Incisive canal deflation is a viable technique in implantology. It can permit ideal prosthetic planning with no detriment to the patient.
Spin-Neto
Rubens
R
Department of Periodontology, UNESP, Sao Paulo State University, Araraquara Dental School, CEP: 14801-903, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil.
Bedran
Telma Blanca Lombardo
TB
de Paula
Wagner Nunes
WN
de Freitas
Rubens Moreno
RM
de Oliveira Ramalho
Lizeti Toledo
LT
Marcantonio
Elcio
E
D001706:Biopsy; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants; D003764:Dental Materials; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000473:pathology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D016348:Osseointegration / Q000502:physiology; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014025:Titanium
D015921:Dental Implants; D003764:Dental Materials; D014025:Titanium