title: Unconventional implant placement. V: Implant placement through impacted teeth; results from 10 cases with an 8- to 1-year follow-up.
abstract: The aim of this paper is to document additional cases to an unconventional protocol published in 2009. In 9 patients, sites rendered edentulous by the presence of an impacted maxillary canine were treated with 12 implants placed through the impacted canines. In another patient, 3 implants were inserted in the mandible to rehabilitate a failing bridge. Implants were placed encroaching upon either the root or the crown. No postoperative pain was reported. Healing was uneventful in all but one patient; the latter underwent soft tissue infection 2 weeks after implant placement and was successfully treated. All implants were restored; no implant failed during the 1- to 8-year follow-up. Before implementing this protocol on a routine basis, more implants and a longer follow-up are required. However, it opens intriguing treatment possibilities. It also suggests that there is still room for shifting a well-anchored paradigm in dental implantology.
authors.affiliation: EID (Excellence in Dentistry) Research Group, 36, rue de Lubeck, 75116 Paris, France; Oral Rehabilitation Centre, American Hospital of Paris, 63, boulevard Victor-Hugo, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Electronic address: davarpanah@perioimplant.fr.
authors.forename: Mithridade
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davarpanah
authors.affiliation: EID (Excellence in Dentistry) Research Group, 36, rue de Lubeck, 75116 Paris, France; Oral Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Szmukler-Moncler
authors.affiliation: EID (Excellence in Dentistry) Research Group, 36, rue de Lubeck, 75116 Paris, France; Oral Rehabilitation Centre, American Hospital of Paris, 63, boulevard Victor-Hugo, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rajzbaum
authors.affiliation: EID (Excellence in Dentistry) Research Group, 36, rue de Lubeck, 75116 Paris, France; Department of Prosthetics, Bretonneau Hospital, University Descartes, 23, rue Joseph-de-Maistre, 75018 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Keyvan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Davarpanah
authors.affiliation: EID (Excellence in Dentistry) Research Group, 36, rue de Lubeck, 75116 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Nedjoua
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Capelle-Ouadah
authors.affiliation: EID (Excellence in Dentistry) Research Group, 36, rue de Lubeck, 75116 Paris, France; Department of Prosthetics, Charles-Foix Hospital, University Descartes, 7, avenue de la République, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine, France.
authors.forename: Georgy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Demurashvili
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000601:surgery; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003481:Cuspid / Q000601:surgery; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D019250:Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D019228:Tooth Crown / Q000601:surgery; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000601:surgery; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Dental implant; Single tooth; Tooth crown; Tooth impacted; Tooth root