Implant Placement

About three months later, you can see in the radiograph on the top, the 10.0 mm length implant integrated in place. There was no attempt to bury this implant. In order to do that, I would have had to use a 7.0 mm length implant and only have about 5.0 mm of threaded support. This way, I get 8.0 mm of threaded support and I have a situation with a greater prognosis.

This was a one stage implant procedure. There was no second stage for this surgery. The cover screw ended up flush with the soft tissue. This leaves a proper distance from the abutment connection for biological width and you can see how the socket areas have healed straight across.

The x-ray in the middle shows the implant and the restoration approximately one year after loading. This x-ray is a little better one than the one on the top, but you can still see that the bone level has nicely maintained during the first year.

	About three months later, you can see in the radiograph on the top, the 10.0 mm length implant integrated in place. There was no attempt to bury this implant. In order to do that, I would have had to use a 7.0 mm length implant and only have about 5.0 mm of threaded support. This way, I get 8.0 mm of threaded support and I have a situation with a greater prognosis. This was a one stage implant procedure. There was no second stage for this surgery. The cover screw ended up flush with the soft tissue. This leaves a proper distance from the abutment connection for biological width and you can see how the socket areas have healed straight across. The x-ray in the middle shows the implant and the restoration approximately one year after loading. This x-ray is a little better one than the one on the top, but you can still see that the bone level has nicely maintained during the first year.

	The bottom radiograph is part of a Panorex taken approximately 3 years after implant placement. Everything is still remarkably stable. You can get a good appreciation for the precision that was involved in placement of this particular implant in this amount of bone above the neurovascular bundle.