international magazine of oral implantology

I research _ immediate implant insertion Fig. 1_Bone dust harvested from the extraction socket Fig. 2_Schematic drawing of extrac- tion socket and implant. Fig. 3_Fresh extraction socket after atraumatic surgical procedure (female, 56-year-old). Fig. 4_Flapless implant insertion im- mediately after tooth extraction (Thommen Element 4,2). Fig. 5_The use of bone dust har- vested from the bore hole. Fig. 6_Provisional immediately after implant insertion. _Abstract Between 2001 and 2009 115 screw implants wereinsertedintofreshsinglerootextractionsock- ets. The follow–up period ended at least 6 month after prosthetic treatment. In this prospective clin- icalmulticenterstudytheresultsoftwo-piecetita- nium implants (Straumann, Thommen) and one- piecezirconiumdioxideimplants(Z-Systems)were compared in terms of osseous and soft tissue find- ings.Titaniumimplantsshowedthebestratioofos- seo-integration (96%) in comparison to zirconium dioxideimplants(72,7%),whereasallimplantshad a comparable success rate in terms of peri-implant soft tissue outcome at the end of the follow-up period. _Background and aim Conventionalinsertionofscrew-shapeimplants isusuallyperformedfollowingavariabletimeinter- val after tooth extraction and bone healing of the extractionsocket.Onthecontrary,immediateinser- tion is done immediately after extraction. Here the incongruence between extraction socketandimplanthastobetakenintoaccount.The choice of the implant size should avoid creating a How reliable is immediate implant insertion after tooth extraction? A prospective clinical longitudinal study Authors_Verena Stoll1 , Prof Dr Dr Peter Stoll2 , Dr Georg Bach3 , Prof Dr Dr Wolfgang Bähr4 & Dr Kai Höckl5 , Germany 14 I implants1_2011 Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Grafted bone Harvested bone Extraction socket Implant