title: Fixed mandibular and maxillary implant rehabilitation in a fully edentulous patient: a case report.
abstract: The complete dental rehabilitation of a patient with a failing dentition using fixed implant-supported prostheses requires carefully planned and well-sequenced treatment. This case report presents the treatment steps and sequencing for a patient in whom removable provisional prostheses were not an option. While an immediate loading protocol was used in the mandible, a staged approach featuring strategic extractions and implant placement in several phases was applied in the maxilla. The major advantage of this treatment protocol was that the patient was maintained in fixed prostheses throughout the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Graduate Prosthodontics Program, Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences, Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM), Boston, Massachusetts, USA. julia.wittneben@zmk.unibe.ch
authors.forename: Julia-Gabriela
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wittneben
authors.forename: Mersiha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Avdic
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Radics
authors.forename: German O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Gallucci
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000295:instrumentation; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014081:Tooth Extraction