title: Replacing a failed implant adjacent to the implant-supported restoration in the anterior region after ridge augmentation procedure.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dental professionals will have to deal with more implant failure and related complications due to the increase in popularity of this form of therapy.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  There have been only a few reports on replacing failed implants at the same sites. This report may provide more detailed information about the re-implantation procedure and the results to the operator and less motivated patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  The implant failure occurred after a 3-year period of loading in the anterior region. next to an implant-supported prosthesis. Ridge augmentation was performed with staged placement of an implant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The implant was re-installed after ridge augmentation with deproteinised bovine bone and absorbable membrane, with the implant-supported prosthesis functioning well up to the final evaluation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case report shows the possibility of treating the failed implant in the older population using a staged approach and it may give more detailed information about the re-implantation procedure and results to the operator and less motivated patient. Further evaluations over longer periods are necessary to establish whether this procedure offers long-term benefits to patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Jun-Beom
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D001857:Bone Matrix / Q000637:transplantation; D018786:Bone Substitutes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003094:Collagen; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods; D015921:Dental Implants; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008875:Middle Aged; D008903:Minerals / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation; D012086:Reoperation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: C106416:Bio-Gide; C077540:Bio-Oss; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D015921:Dental Implants; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008903:Minerals; D003094:Collagen