Custom Milled Zirconia Implant Supporting an Ceramic Zirconia Restoration: A Clinical Report

Authors

  • A Nair Department of Prosthodontics Govt. Dental College and Research Institute Victoria Hospital Campus Bangalore
  • DR Prithviraj Department of Prosthodontics Govt. Dental College and Research Institute Victoria Hospital Campus Bangalore
  • KM Regish Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences Virajpet, S- Coorg, Karnataka
  • S Prithvi Department of Orthodontics Dayanand Sagar Dental College Bangalore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/kumj.v11i4.12543

Keywords:

Copy milling, dental implants, zirconia, zirconia implant

Abstract

Dental implants constitute a well-established approach for replacement of lost teeth with titanium being the most favored material for implantation. However, titanium has its limitations in esthetically demanding cases and neither the form nor material of such implants has changed much over the past 40 years. Today, there is scientific evidence that zirconia dental implants osseointegrate well and offer many advantages over titanium implants. This report demonstrates the successful clinical use of a custom milled root analogue zirconia implant for single tooth replacement. A left maxillary first molar was removed, allowed to heal for four months and a custom-made, root-analogue, roughened zirconia was fabricated and placed. Subsequently it was restored with zirconia all ceramic crown. No complications occurred during the healing period. This successful case warrants further clinical research on zirconia custom milled implants in well controlled trials.

Kathmandu Univ Med J 2013; 11(4): 328-331

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Published

2015-09-23

How to Cite

Nair, A., Prithviraj, D., Regish, K., & Prithvi, S. (2015). Custom Milled Zirconia Implant Supporting an Ceramic Zirconia Restoration: A Clinical Report. Kathmandu University Medical Journal, 11(4), 328–331. https://doi.org/10.3126/kumj.v11i4.12543

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