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Volume 41 , Issue 2
March/April 2021
Pages 227–232

A Clinical Classification System for the Treatment of Postextraction Sites

Daniele Cardaropoli, DDS/Myron Nevins, DDS/Paolo Casentini, DDS

PMID: 33819328
DOI: 10.11607/prd.5069

A postextraction socket is always open to different treatment possibilities. A straightforward clinical classification may help evaluate which surgical approach is best suited for the case being treated. Four different classes are defined on the basis of the local anatomy of the site, available bone volume, and soft tissue level. For every clinical situation, either immediate placement, early placement, alveolar ridge preservation, or staged approach can be selected as a treatment modality according to the classifications listed.

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