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In this case the patient´s teeth 12, 14, 15 and 16 are not worth preserving. These shall be extracted. Afterwards implants are loaded immediately, and a screwed immediate restoration is inserted simultaneously.The operation demonstrates how the bridge is removed first, a mucoperiosteal flap is created and the…

The following case starts with the clinical and radiological initial situation. The bony structures - the maxilla and the zygomatic bone - are shown in the preoperative cone beam ct. Then the three- dimensional planning of the zygomatic implants at the extremely atrophied upper jaw is discussed. Surgeon Dr.…

Dr. Luc Vrielinck, Genk/Belgium, provides an overview of zygomatic implants. Various indications for the use of implants are presented together with a discussion of the preoperative diagnosis and planning required.

Due to the atrophic alveolar bone in the right mandible, Professor Wachtel decides to perform a two-stage surgical procedure for the planned implantation. First, a horizontal bone augmentation based on the Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR) technique needs to be performed to create a sufficient implant bed. This…

The main goal of this operation is to augment the soft and hard tissue around an existing implant with a connective tissue graft and two layers of resorbable membranes.

In this surgery Professor Dr. Hannes Wachtel, Munich/Germany, performs an augmentation in the anterior region using allogenic bone of porcine origin covered by membranes in the double layer technique.

As part of the “Munich Concept”, a planned implantation is shown here in region 11. When inserting the drill template, it becomes evident that the bone defect is too extensive to allow an implant to be inserted in the prosthetically correct position. For this reason, a two-stage surgical procedure is…

During this surgery, Dr. Wolfgang Bolz shows the extraction of anterior teeth with the help of the Swiss Benex system. The Benex Extraction System, in which an anchor is placed in the tooth to be extracted, allows the gentle atraumatic removal of dental roots. It also involves the advantage that root…

A gummy smile is an indication for aesthetic crown lengthening. The biologic width must be taken into consideration. This video contains the first operation of two where the bone volume is reduced and reshaped – an important step within the crown lengthening procedure.

Since 1999 Dr. Luc Vrielinck uses Zygoma-implants. In conversation with Dental-Online-College he reports about his practical experience with these implants in context with patients with severely atrophied maxilla. The Zygoma-concept, originally applied in tumor surgery eliminates the need for time-consuming…