This is the continuation of a previous article. In case you missed it, here is a link to see it:
In that post, we demonstrated the case of doing an osteotomy at the time of extraction to facilitate early implant placement.
Early Implant Placement: The Patient as a Surgical Guide
This is the image of the extraction socket.
This was the image of the osteotomy prepared in the interradicular septum for a 4.2 X 11 mm implant. The image shows a buccal fenestration at the apex.
4 weeks later, the patient returns for membrane removal and implant placement.
At 4 weeks the socket is fully mineralized after grafting with Socket Graft.
Membrane removal.
The only drill used was the full diameter drill for the 4.2 X 11 mm implant. The extraction osteotomy easily guided the drill to place.
Implant in place with good stability.
Implant placement at 4 weeks.
The drill is taken 3 mm past the gingival margin to finish with the healing abutment level with the healing gingiva.
The surgical assistant’s comment: “This is quicker than a two surface composite.”
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