Open AccessNon‐conventional method of pontic site preservation with laser‐assisted bone regeneration
Author(s) -
Jayash Soher Nagi,
Habash Ghassan,
Kamal Mudar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.4483
Subject(s) - medicine , implant , dentistry , regeneration (biology) , connective tissue , surgery , pathology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
This report presents an alternative method to the removal of failing implant and using a bone graft to preserve ridge which needs several months to heal and it is a costly technique. The pontic site was preserved by covering the failing implant with connective tissue and laser‐assisted peri‐implant defect regeneration.