THE MANAGEMENT OF A POST-EXTRACTIVE SOCKET WITH A NEW-GENERATION FREEZE-DRIED BONE PASTE

The histological investigation at only four months after surgery shows significant amounts of newly formed bone, in the active maturation phase

The patient came to the surgeon’s attention complaining about the decementation of a prosthetic rehabilitation performed on teeth 3.5 to 3.8, more than 15 years earlier. The radiographic examination revealed the fracture of an implant in 3.6, and the presence – in position 3.5 – of an extremely mobile tooth. Veniva quindi proposto al paziente un piano di trattamento articolato che prevedeva la rimozione dell’impianto fratturato, l’estrazione dell’elemento mobile in posizione 3.5.  It was also proposed to perform a ridge preservation procedure by grafting the bone paste in order to preserve the volume of the alveolar process in both position 3.5 and 3.6 and to perform deferred placement of a fixture in position 3.5 in order to create a new four-element prosthetic rehabilitation. 

PRODUCTS USED: Activabone Putty