Short Implants

A 51-year-old woman with apparent chronic periodontitis (Fig.1) has the teeth #13 and 14 extracted with socket preservation in her home country 3 months earlier (Fig.3,4).  The bone height associated with the residual roots at #2 is short; a 5x7.3 mm implant seems to be appropriate (Fig.2).  Use Magic expanders and sinus lifter. The implant will be Magicore or consistent with those at #13 and 14.  Prepare 2 pieces of PRF membrane for sinus lift and buccal defect.  Osteotomy at #13 should be palatal (Fig.3 red line instead of blue one) to obtain more of the apical native bone for primary stability.  Prescribe Augmentin after sinus lift.  Osteotomy at #14 should be a little bit more distal because of the mesial shift of the tooth #15 (Fig.4).  Early provisional to hold the edentulous space and limited ortho may be required.  A guide will be made for #13 and 14.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 08/03/2018, last revision 09/27/2018