Treatments
Implant treatment protocols explained — what each involves, who may be considered, the main stages, and the honest limitations.
10 published · 1 in research
- All-on-4 A full-arch protocol in which four implants — two placed axially at the front of the jaw and two tilted distally — carry an immediately loaded fixed prosthesis, avoiding grafting of the posterior jaw.
- Bone grafting Adding bone or a bone substitute to a deficient jaw ridge so that an implant can be placed in, or surrounded by, an adequate volume of bone.
- Delayed loading Fitting the restoration after a period of healing rather than at placement; the ITI consensus terms loading later than two months after placement conventional loading, with early loading between one week and two months.
- Full-arch rehabilitation Replacement of all the teeth in one jaw with a prosthesis carried by a limited number of implants, either fixed in place or removable by the patient.
- Guided implant surgery Implant placement planned on three-dimensional imaging and transferred to surgery either by a manufactured surgical guide (static) or by real-time instrument tracking (dynamic).
- Immediate implant placement Placing an implant into a tooth socket at the same appointment as the extraction — Type 1 placement in the ITI classification of post-extraction timing.
- Immediate loading Attaching a restoration to an implant sooner than one week after placement, as defined by the ITI consensus on loading protocols.
- Multiple-implant bridge A fixed bridge carried by two or more implants, replacing several adjacent missing teeth without placing one implant per tooth.
- Single-tooth implant Replacement of one missing tooth with one implant carrying one crown, without involving the neighbouring teeth.
- Sinus lift Elevation of the membrane lining the maxillary sinus so that bone height available for an implant in the upper back jaw can be increased.
In research
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