title: Socket seal surgery: Clinical uses in implant dentistry and guided bone regeneration procedures for single tooth replacement in the esthetic zone.
abstract: Restoring failing anterior teeth with a dental implant is considered a complex treatment even with thorough biologic knowledge of the situation. The goal is to produce a result in which the labial soft tissues and the papillae remain stable over time. Treatment of the fresh extraction socket in the alveolar ridge presents a challenge in everyday clinical practice. Regardless of the subsequent treatment, maintenance of the ridge contour will frequently facilitate all further therapeutic steps. Socket seal surgery and socket preservation in combination with immediate, early, or delayed implant placement can be valuable procedures for single tooth replacement. However, their potential as ridge preservation techniques in these different situations still needs to be demonstrated. The use of these procedures is illustrated in three consecutive cases.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Negri
authors.forename: Otto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zuhr
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fickl
authors.forename: Xavier Rodríguez
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Ciurana
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Navarro Martínez
authors.forename: Víctor Méndez
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Blanco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D019250:Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D048091:Guided Tissue Regeneration / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D057893:Immediate Dental Implant Loading; D007180:Incisor / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D016155:Oral Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D020390:Tooth Socket / Q000601:surgery*