title: Immediate loading in ectodermal dysplasia: clinical case.
abstract: The aim of the present report is to describe a clinical case of ectodermal dysplasia (ED) treated with an immediate implant-loading protocol. Six implants were placed in freshly extracted sockets of a 55-year-old patient with ED and immediately loaded in 48 hours. No immediate implant-loading protocol in a patient with ED has been reported. Implant management is difficult because of knife-edge ridges and pathologic 3-dimensional relation of the jaws. In the present case, implant non-parallelism caused by alveolar ridge atrophy was managed using a specific prosthetic connection device that simplified the surgical and prosthetic procedure and allowed a low-risk immediate-loading protocol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Aniello
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Ambrosio
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cioffi
authors.forename: Antonello
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cirillo
authors.forename: Gilberto
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sammartino
mesh_terms: D000848:Anodontia / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D053358:Ectodermal Dysplasia 1, Anhidrotic / Q000150:complications* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D057893:Immediate Dental Implant Loading; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D020390:Tooth Socket / Q000601:surgery*