The Vestibular Socket Therapy : A Novel Concept for Immediate Implant Placement in Defective Fresh Extraction Sites

The Vestibular Socket Therapy : A Novel Concept for Immediate Implant Placement in Defective Fresh Extraction Sites

This article aims to provide a non- staged treatment protocol to placing dental implants in compromised fresh sockets in the aesthetic zone.

This is a site-specific therapy uses study a slowly resorbing regenerative barrier (shield) to augment any thin or deficient labial plate of bone, enhances the overlying soft tissue quality and quantity at the same time with implant fixture placement using a computer-guided surgical template.

Inclusion Criteria:

• A hopeless single tooth in the maxillary anterior region
• Sufficient apical bone to allow adequate anchorage/primary stability of the implant
• had natural teeth present adjacent to the tooth being replaced

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of acute infection
• Impossibility of reaching adequate implant primary stability in the native
• Smokers of > 10 cigarettes
• Antitumor chemotherapy or radiotherapy in the previous year