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DENTAL fillings, COSMETIC dentistry, DENTAL implants, DENTAL technology, and DENTISTRY

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Otorhinolaryngology, stomatology, dentistry, Otorhinolaryngologie, stomatologie, dentisterie, Sciences biologiques et medicales, Biological and medical sciences, Sciences medicales, Medical sciences, Otorhinolaryngologie. Stomatologie, Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology, Face, maxillaires, dents, parodonte: maladies, sémiologie, Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology, Maladies non tumorales, Non tumoral diseases, Dent pathologie, Dental disease, Diente patología, Chirurgie, Surgery, Cirugía, Dent, Tooth, Diente, Edentation, Edentulousness, Edentación, Homme, Human, Hombre, Implant, Implante, Maxillaire, Maxillary, Maxilar, Stomatologie, Stomatology, Estomatología, Traitement, Treatment, and Tratamiento

Immediate loading of the edentulous maxilla is possible when sufficient bone is available to provide primary stability of implants located in positions congruent with an ideal prosthesis. Treatment planning, implant placement with immediate provisionalization, and final prosthodontic rehabilitation are best integrated by a process that uses the immediate provisional prosthesis as a surgical and restorative guide. Designating the planned tooth position is a prerequisite step to the identification of possible implant positions. The cervical contours of the planned prosthesis are critical determinants of this relationship. Defining the planned tooth/residual alveolar bone relationship aids in selecting both the possible type of prosthesis and implant locations. When the treatment plan is transferred directly from the tomographic template to the surgical template to the conversion prosthesis used for immediate loading, the surgical and prosthodontic management of this procedure is well defined.

Bone Resorption physiopathology, Humans, Osseointegration physiology, Osteogenesis physiology, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Dental Abutments, Dental Implantation, Endosseous methods, and Dental Implants

The aim of this article is to identify current opportunities for the immediate loading of endosseous dental implants. A biologic basis for the clinical parameters associated with success and failure of immediately loaded implants is presented, and select clinical situations where immediate loading is presently advocated will be illustrated. The wide-ranging applications of the immediate-loading concept for endosseous dental implants will be introduced; however, further experimental validation is necessary before incorporating all of these various expedited therapeutic approaches into practice.