Interdisciplinary treatment planning for orthodontic-prosthetic implant anchorage in a partially edentulous patient

Authors: Willems G.¹; Carels C.E.L.¹; Naert l.E.²; van Steenberghe D.³

Source: Clinical Oral Implants Research, Volume 10, Number 4, August 1999 , pp. 331-337(7)

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Abstract:

Successful orthodontic treatment is characterized by optimal anchorage control. Teeth or groups of teeth are united to counteract biomechanical reactive forces during orthodontic treatment. These classic anchorage control mechanisms are less efficient or even non-existent in partially edentulous patients who are missing multiple posterior teeth. However, osseointegrated oral implants ad modum Br-vemark can provide optimal anchorage control for orthodontic tooth alignment and rehabilitation of occlusion through prosthetic implant restorations. Careful multidisciplinary planning based on complex diagnostic wax setup casts to determine exact implant location and orientation in line with future orthodontic tooth displacements and prosthetic implant crown restorations is the most important step in the overall treatment planning.

Keywords: bone grafts; donor site; guided bone regeneration; resorbable membranes; implantology

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0501.1999.100410.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Orthodontics, 2: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, 3: Department of Periodontology, Catholic University Leuven, Faculty of Medicine, School of Dentistry, Oral Pathology and Maxilla-Facial Surgery; Kapucijnenvoer 7, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Holder of the PI.Brånemark chair in osseointegration

Publication date: 1999-08-01