Immediate Implant Placement with Immediate Restorations after Dental Avulsions Due to Endotracheal Intubation in a Patient with Severe Chronic Periodontal Disease

TL;DR

A 61-year-old woman with severe gum disease had dental implants placed immediately after losing two teeth due to a medical procedure.

Contribution

This is the first reported case of immediate implant placement and bone augmentation with immediate restorations after dental avulsions due to intubation.

Findings

Immediate implant placement was successfully performed at sites 11 and 21.

Bone augmentation and immediate restorations were achieved in a single surgical procedure.

The treatment was effective despite the patient's history of chronic periodontal disease.

Abstract

We report the case of a 61-year-old woman who was referred to the Oral Surgery and Implantology Unit of the University Hospitals of Geneva to take care of edentulous sites after the dental avulsions of teeth 11 and 21 following traumatic shock due to endotracheal intubation under general anesthesia. The dental history revealed that the patient had a history of generalized chronic periodontitis that had been treated several years earlier. The treatment consisted, for the first time to our knowledge, of the immediate insertion of implants at sites 11 and 21 with simultaneous bone augmentation in a single surgical procedure and immediate restorations.

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