Abstract
BackgroundThe placement of implants into the alveolar socket right after tooth extraction is called immediate implant placement (IIP). This approach has its particularities depending on which region of the jaws is involved. The anterior mandible region is peculiar due to the presence of mandibular incisors, which have the shortest roots among all permanent teeth.PurposeThis study aimed to investigate the factors that could be associated with the risk of either cortical bone wall perforation or invasion of the 2 mm secure distance from the surrounding anatomical structures (defined as unsafe implant placement), with IIP in the maxillary aesthetic zone, in a cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) virtual study.Materials and methodsCBCT exams from 239 eligible subjects were investigated. Implants were virtually placed in two distinct positions: prosthetically-driven (along the long axis of the existing tooth) and bone-driven position (according to the available bone and with regard to nearby anatomical structures). Correlation between several variables was tested, and binary logistic regression analysis in order to assess of the possible associations between covariates and unsafe placement was performed.ResultsSafe placing implants was significantly higher for the bone-driven in comparison to the prosthetically-driven position (22.2% vs. 3.3%, respectively), and the 2-mm secure distance from anatomical structures was not possible to respect in the majority of cases (77.6% vs. 82.9%, respectively). Covariates associated with a higher risk of unsafe placement were tooth region (CI in relation to IL and CA), decrease of labial concavity angle (LCA), decrease of mandible basal bone height (MBBH), and decrease in mandibular bone thickness at the tooth apex level (MBT0).ConclusionThe possibility of safely placing immediate implants in the anterior mandible is significantly higher for bone-driven than in prosthetically driven position. Presurgical virtual planning with CBCT is a great tool for minimizing the risk of implant unsafe placement with regards to the anatomical conditions in the mandible.
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