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Volume 28 , Issue 4
July/August 2008
Pages 375-381

Molar Uprighting with Extrusion for Implant Site Bone Regeneration and Improvement of the Periodontal Environment

Sachiko Maeda, DDS, PhD/Yoshihiro Ono, DDS/Kimio Nakamura, DDS, PhD/Toshiya Kuwahara, DDS, PhD

PMID: 18717376

This case report describes the treatment of a 55-year-old man who presented with a missing maxillary first molar and mesially inclined neighboring second molar with a severe circumferential bone defect. After bone regeneration therapy with bone grafting, the second molar was uprighted orthodontically to improve the inclination and crown-to-root ratio. These treatments minimized the bone defect and developed a suitable site for an implant in the first molar position. An interdisciplinary approach using periodontal, orthodontic, and prosthodontic treatments can create a more predictable and maintainable situation. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2008;28:375–381.)

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