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Volume 30 , Issue 1
January/February 2010
Pages 41-51

Immediate Provisionalization of Single Extraction-Site Implants in the Esthetic Zone: A Clinical Evaluation

Pascal Valentini, DDS/David Abensur, DDS/Jacques F. Albertini, DDS/Marcel Rocchesani, DDS

PMID: 20224830
DOI: 10.11607/prd.00.0903

Forty patients received a total of 43 implants placed in fresh extraction sites in the anterior maxilla. Within 1 week, a provisional crown was placed without occlusal contact. After 1 year, the implant survival rate, marginal bone resorption, and papillae preservation were assessed. The overall survival rate was 95.3%. The 1-year marginal bone loss was not statiscally significant when compared to the marginal bone level at implant placement. In 78% of patients, the papilla was completely preserved. Single-tooth rehabilitation patients with buccal or circumferential defects can be predictably treated with a favorable esthetic outcome using the immediate provisionalization approach. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2010;30:41–51.)

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