Conclusions : Performance of the counter-torque technique in the explantation of nonmobile dental implants
Conclusions : Performance of the counter-torque technique in the explantation of nonmobile dental implants
author: Eduardo Anitua, Sofia Fernandez-de-Retana, Mohammad H Alkhraisat | publisher: drg. Andreas Tjandra, Sp. Perio, FISID
The good performance of the counter-torque method, as an atraumatic alternative for nonmobile implant removal, reinforces its use in the clinical practice. However, the technique is not exempt from complications (although at a very low rate).
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- Abstract : Performance of the counter-torque technique in the explantation of nonmobile dental implants
- Background : Performance of the counter-torque technique in the explantation of nonmobile dental implants
- Methods : Performance of the counter-torque technique in the explantation of nonmobile dental implants
- Results : Performance of the counter-torque technique in the explantation of nonmobile dental implants [1]
- Results : Performance of the counter-torque technique in the explantation of nonmobile dental implants [2]
- Discussion : Performance of the counter-torque technique in the explantation of nonmobile dental implants
- Conclusions : Performance of the counter-torque technique in the explantation of nonmobile dental implants
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- Table 1 Description of the implants fractured during the explantation : Performance of the counter-torque technique in the explantation of nonmobile dental implants
- Fig. 1. Frequency distribution of the location of the explanted dental implant : Performance of the counter-torque technique in the explantation of nonmobile dental implant
- Fig. 2. The cause of implant removal : Performance of the counter-torque technique in the explantation of nonmobile dental implant
- Fig. 3. Panoramic radiograph showing excessive marginal bone loss affecting all the dental implants in the mandible supporting fixed prostheses (a). Clinical image showing the advanced bone destruction around the implants at the incisors and left premolar regions (b). Clinical image showing the preservation of the pre-existing bone upon implant removal with the counter-torque regions (c). Panoramic radiograph showing the maintenance at this stage of 3 implants to support the provisional prosthesis in the mandible (d) : Performance of the counter-torque technique in the explantation of nonmobile dental implant
- Fig. 4. Implant placement surgery after 4 months of healing (a). Immediate loading of the new implants and the explanation of the implant at the left first molar (b). Panoramic radiograph showing the case finished with 12 months of follow-up (c). Clinical image showing the definitive screw-retained prostheses (d) : Performance of the counter-torque technique in the explantation of nonmobile dental implant