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Volume 37 , Issue 6
November/December 2017
Pages e297–e301

Immediate Palatal Molar Implants: A Simple, Safe, Minimally Invasive Technique

Piotr Wychowański, MD, DDS, PhD/Jarosław Woliński, PhD, DSc/Marcin Kacprzak, DDS/Witold Tomkiewicz, MD/Iwańczyk Bartłomiej, DDS/Dorota Szubińska-Lelonkiewicz, DDS, PhD/Andrzej Wojtowicz, DDS/Myron Nevins, DDS

PMID: 29023607
DOI: 10.11607/prd.3025

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a single immediate implant placed into the postextraction palatal socket of a maxillary molar would be as efficacious as a single implant placed centrally in a staged approach. A total of 61 immediate implants were placed in 52 patients and restored after 6 months. Periotest and Osstell were used to determine implant stability, and cone beam computed tomography was used for marginal bone level assessment. During the 2-year follow-up, implant survival was 100%. It was concluded that immediate palatal implants can safely restore extracted molars in the maxilla.

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