Open AccessComparison of Immediate Implant Placement Following Extraction with and Without Socket-Shield Technique in Esthetic Region
Author(s) -
Shamita Tiwari,
Ravinder Singh Bedi,
Puneet Wadhwani,
Jitender Kumar Aurora,
Himanshu Chauhan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery/journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.293
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0974-942X
pISSN - 0972-8279
DOI - 10.1007/s12663-019-01272-3
Subject(s) - medicine , implant , dentistry , reduction (mathematics) , orthodontics , surgery , mathematics , geometry
Immediate implant with socket shield and immediate implant without socket shield are the two techniques which can be used to preserve the already thin labial bone in the esthetic region, thus eliminating the need for graft materials.