The patient presented to my practice looking to restore her dentition to proper form and function. After the appropriate workup, it was decided that her entire dentition would be extracted due to severe decay and advanced periodontal disease. Physics Forceps from Golden Dental Solutions were used for the extraction.
Once a CBCT scan was obtained using the CS 8100 3D (Carestream), a 3D virtual treatment plan (coDiagnostiX, Dental Wings GmbH) was created with the assistance of 3DDX (3D Diagnostix). The patient wanted fixed restorations supported by dental implants in both maxillary and mandibular arches.
Using CT-based surgical guides created by 3DDX, all the implants were placed immediately after tooth extraction and bone leveling.
The implants used in this case were OCO Biomedical’s Engage dental implants. These implants are known for their unchallenged high implant stability at placement, which is critical to success during the early healing process of osseointegration.
With the combination of OCO Biomedical’s patented Bull Nose Auger tip and Mini Cortic-O Thread, the Engage implant system offers practitioners a bone-level implant with high initial stability for Selective Loading options.
Approximately 4 months after the initial placement of the dental implants, the patient returned for the definitive porcelain-fused-to-metal (PFM) restoration impressions using Panasil from Kettenbach. Within 3 weeks of the impressions, the PFM restorations were delivered.
