Ireland
CLINICAL CASE
Simultaneous sinus floor lift and placement of a metal-free implant
Dr. Jens Tartsch
“Because of the tapered design of the implant body and geometry of the threads, NobelPearl™ can be used in the rehabilitation of a broad range of indications, from single-tooth restoration to more challenging cases such as simultaneous sinus lift and implant placement, where high primary stability is required."
Patient: 35-year-old, female, good general and oral health
Clinical situation: Tooth 26 removed 2 years before rehabilitation
Surgical solution: NobelPearl™ Tapered RP 4.2 mm x 10 mm
Restorative solution: NobelPearl Abutment Straight Inter-X RP 1 mm with monolithic zirconia crown.
Surgery date: December 2017
Tooth position: 26 (FDI system)
Total treatment time: 4 months
Initial clinical situation
Healed site 2 years after extraction of tooth 26. Note the lateral (left) and vertical (right) bone remodeling.
Treatment planning
Presurgical digital volume tomography (DVT) shows the vertical bone remodeling 2 years after extraction of tooth 26.
Flap opening and surgical site preparation (left).
Sinus window preparation and access to maxillary sinus (center).
Sinus floor elevation (right).
Surgical procedure
Inserting the NobelPearl Tapered Ø 4.2 mm x 10 mm implant (letf).
Implant inserted 0.6 mm supracrestal (center).
Sinus filled with deproteinized bovine bone (right).
Horizontal augmentation using deproteinized bovine bone (left).
Bone substitute covered with resorbable collagen membrane (center).
Primary wound closure (right).
Restorative procedure
The re-entry took place 3 months after implant insertion with small crestal incision. Healthy soft tissue 2 weeks after re-entry around the gingiva cap (left).
Placing the NobelPearl Impression Coping Closed Tray Inter-X onto the implant (right).
NobelPearl Impression Coping Closed Tray Inter-X and lab Replica Inter-X (left).
Repositioning of the NobelPearl Impression Coping Closed Tray Inter-X in the impression material with the NobelPearl Implant Replica Inter-X and making sure that it is fully seated (right).
NobelPearl Abutment Straight Inter-X placed on the master cast with gingiva mask (left).
Monolithic zirconia crowns placed on the master cast (right).
Healthy and thick keratinized peri-implant mucosa seen following removal of the NobelPearl Healing Abutment Inter-X 4 months after surgery.
Try-in of the NobelPearl abutment (left).
Abutment in situ, with VICARBO® screw torqued 25 Ncm (right).
After restoration was cemented to the abutment intraorally, it was taken out of the mouth for cleaning (left).
Final insertion of the restoration with ratchet and torque 25 Ncm (right).
Restoration after installation and closing the screw access hole with Teflon.
Final restoration after screw access hole closed with composite.
Outcome
X-ray 3 months after implant insertion before loading (left).
1-year follow-up after loading. X-ray radiography shows excellent bone level preservation (right).
Note the healthy mucosa without any signs of inflammation after removing the crown for control at 1-year follow-up (left).
1-year follow-up. Esthetic excellence with zirconia final restoration and very healthy soft tissue (right).
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