The purpose was to show that significant changes in bone volume and morphology following tooth extraction, can make prosthetic – implant rehabilitation very difficult.
In order to prevent ridge atrophy and optimize esthetic in the posterior mandibular area, the local process of socket preservation procedure and exposes, is important as an available treatment.
Case report: Male patient, age 32 with a noncontributory medical history, presents to our clinic. The clinical evaluation showed indication for tooth 36 extraction due periodontitis. After tooth (36) was carefully removed with forceps technique, the extraction site was grafted with an osteoconductive bone graft.
Implants placement was made occurred 6 months after extraction of the tooth. After 4 months implant placement prosthetic rehabilitation was made.
Results: advantages of an augmented alveolar ridge with sufficient bone volume to adjust for uncompromised and esthetic implant placement, renders these procedures more than effective for majority of patients.
Conclusion: Loss of teeth due to complicate caries, often result in hard and soft tissue collapse, therefore the preservation of bone volume is of major importance in order to insure the proper implant and esthetic rehabilitation. In order to insure the success of prosthetic – implant therapy, surgical reconstruction of the tissues and the procedure of ridge augmentation are necessary
