Immediate provisional restorations and loading of Straumann® Tissue Level implants using the Straumann® Guided Surgery solution

A clinical case report by Dr A Bortsov, Russia

As dental implantation is steadily becoming a mainstream treatment option, most of the patients expect fast and successful results. Nowadays, many patients would like to leave the clinic with an esthetic and fully functional restoration. In this regard, immediate loading represents a time-efficient protocol and allows a patient to benefit from the restoration straightaway. For a surgeon, however, the main challenge is not immediate loading per se, but producing a precise and esthetically pleasing provisional restoration in an efficient, predictable and time-saving manner. Furthermore, bone atrophy poses additional risks and makes the procedure less predictable. In such situations, guided surgery based on fully digital workflows with pre-fabricated provisional restorations enables the surgeon to plan and place the immediate implants in deficient sites, as well as deliver esthetic provisional restorations efficiently in the same appointment. The following clinical case report describes a patient who had implants placed conventionally in the past, but who came into clinic asking for the new implants to be placed in such a way that “… I can smile and eat straightaway…”.