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Volume 43 , Issue 2
March/April 2023
Pages 166–172

Successful Implant Placement into a Site with Two Previous Failures: A Clinical and Histologic Case Report

Natacha Reis, DDS/Hyongsup Kimm, DDS/Stuart J. Froum, DDS/Sang-Choon Cho, DDS

DOI: 10.11607/prd.5410

Implants present a predictable fixed option for patients who require tooth extraction. However, complications such as implant failure reduce the success of replacement implant restorations. A patient presented at NYUCD Department of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry with pain related to a broken implant-supported prosthesis. Two failed implants were removed, and new implants were placed. After delivery of the restoration, the patient reported soreness on implant #20, which was then removed along with a sequestrum of bone and sent for biopsy. A new implant was placed and restored successfully at the 1-year follow-up. The purpose of this case report is to demonstrate that with proper planning, surgery and restoration a new implant can be successfully placed and restored in a site with two previous failures.

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