Fixed oral rehabilitation using a 3.0mm diameter implant: case report

Abstract

Oral rehabilitation using implant-supported prostheses represents a significant milestone in current dentistry, reestablishing patients' function, aesthetics and self-esteem. In order to avoid large bone reconstructions, reduced diameter implants are a solution increasingly used in dentistry. The objective of this work is to report a case of oral rehabilitation with a fixed single prosthesis on an implant with a reduced diameter of 3.0 mm in diameter. Female patient, 40 years old, normosystemic, presented for prosthetic rehabilitation with the use of dental implants. During tomographic evaluation, a bone defect can be observed in the buccal/lingual direction of the implant region, making it necessary to use a reduced diameter implant, in order to achieve success in the patient's fixed prosthetic rehabilitation on the implant. In this way, after the implant healing process, a fixed metal-ceramic crown was made over the implant. It is concluded that the procedure was successful, as it met all the patient's expectations regarding the treatment, as well as the WayFit 3.0® implant from DSP Biomedical, which has the advantages of its geometry that promotes passive seating in any bone type, the angulation of the internal walls of the implant that favors prosthetic resolutions and the innovative design that allows excellent mechanical resistance.