CASE 17 –Same Day single upper anterior tooth using a mini implant

Mrs B from Ferryhill

Mrs B had worn an upper partial plastic denture for many years and disliked the fact that it was removable, that it irritated her mouth and that it affected her enjoyment of food.

She fell into the classic condition of when teeth are lost of also losing a large proportion of the bone associated with the lost tooth. To place a conventional implant would have meant undergoing a bone augmentation procedure as well as placement of the implant. CDIC uses a type of mini/midi implant that can be placed into narrow bone and on placement automatically expands the bone to fit the narrow diameter mini/midi implants. This was done for Mrs B and as can be seen it produced a very good result.

You can notice where the tooth is missing there is a hollowing of the gum showing bone to be missing under the surface	The final crown showing how the bone has been expanded by the mini/midi dental implant

Ms B was aware before treatment started that this treatment plan would produce a good but not perfect result in relation to the gum margin round the tooth. Mrs B was prepared to accept this as using a mini/midi implant did not involve any surgery and when she smiles she does not show the gum margin round the tooth. She is very happy with the look and feel of her new permanently fixed tooth.

The cost of Mrs B’s treatment if carried out today would be £1250.00