Unconventional implant placement. V: Implant placement through impacted teeth; results from 10 cases with an 8- to 1-year follow-up.

The aim of this paper is to document additional cases to an unconventional protocol published in 2009. In 9 patients, sites rendered edentulous by the presence of an impacted maxillary canine were treated with 12 implants placed through the impacted canines. In another patient, 3 implants were inserted in the mandible to rehabilitate a failing bridge.

Unconventional Implant Placement IV. Implant Placement through Impacted Teeth to Avoid Invasive Surgery. Long-term Results of 3 Cases.

This paper presents the long-term data of patients that have been treated with an unconventional implant placement protocol to avoid an invasive surgery when edentulism was caused by an impacted tooth. In 2009, the follow-up of this unconven-tional protocol was 2 to 3.5 years; this article documents now the long-term 5- to 8-year follow-up of 3 patients and 5 im-plants.

Unconventional Implant Placement Part III: Implant Placement Encroaching upon Residual Roots - A Report of Six Cases.

Background: When a residual root is found in the way of a planned implant placement, invasive surgery is usually performed in order to remove it. Consequently, implant therapy is rendered more complex and lengthy.

Purpose: We present 6 cases treated according to an unconventional protocol in which invasive surgery was avoided by allowing the implants to encroach upon the residual roots in order to permit a prosthetically driven surgery.

[Implants in contact with tissues other than bone. Is there room for a potential paradigm shift?].

Rationale: Modern dental implantology is now 30 year old. During this period of time, concepts have evolved and triggered several paradigm shifts. The aim of the present paper is to present a case treated with an innovative unconventional protocol.

Technique to Obtain a Predictable Aesthetic Result through Appropriate Placement of the Prosthesis/Soft Tissue Junction in the Edentulous Patient with a Gingival Smile.

Background: Treating the edentulous patient with a gingival smile requires securing the prosthesis/soft tissue junction (PSTJ) under the upper lip.

Purpose: To present a simple method that helps achieve a predictable aesthetic result when alveoplasty of the anterior maxilla is needed to place implants apical to the presurgical position of the alveolar ridge.

Materials And Methods: The maximum smile line of the patient is recorded and carved on a thin silicone bite impression as a soft tissue landmark.