Publication: Custom Milled Zirconia Implant Supporting an Ceramic Zirconia Restoration : A Clinical Report
Date
2013
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Kathmandu University
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Dental implants constitute a well-established approach for replacement of lost
teeth with titanium being the most favored material for implantation. However,
titanium has its limitations in esthetically demanding cases and neither the form nor
material of such implants has changed much over the past 40 years. Today, there is
scientific evidence that zirconia dental implants osseointegrate well and offer many
advantages over titanium implants. This report demonstrates the successful clinical
use of a custom milled root analogue zirconia implant for single tooth replacement.
A left maxillary first molar was removed, allowed to heal for four months and a
custom-made, root-analogue, roughened zirconia was fabricated and placed.
Subsequently it was restored with zirconia all ceramic crown. No complications
occurred during the healing period. This successful case warrants further clinical
research on zirconia custom milled implants in well controlled trials.
KEY WORDS
Copy milling, dental implants, zirconia, zirconia implant
Description
Nair A,1 Prithviraj DR,1 Regish KM,2 Prithvi S3
Department of Prosthodontics
1Govt. Dental College and Research Institute
Victoria Hospital Campus Bangalore, India
2Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences
Virajpet, S- Coorg, Karnataka
3Department of Orthodontics
Dayanand Sagar Dental College Bangalore, India