Staged Interdisciplinary Treatment for Maxillary Central Incisor Implant Rehabilitation with Crowding and Severe Alveolar Defect: A Clinical Report

Minhee An; Sunjai Kim; Jae-Seung Chang; Se-Wook Pyo

doi:10.32542/implantology.2026009

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Staged Interdisciplinary Treatment for Maxillary Central Incisor Implant Rehabilitation with Crowding and Severe Alveolar Defect: A Clinical Report

30 June 2026. pp. 115-122

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Abstract

Implant rehabilitation of a maxillary central incisor in the esthetic zone is often challenging when severe alveolar bone loss is accompanied by inadequate restorative space owing to crowding. This clinical report describes the staged interdisciplinary treatment of a 20-year-old female presenting a crown-to-root fracture of the maxillary right central incisor, severe alveolar bone defect, and limited restorative space caused by anterior crowding. Following tooth extraction, alveolar ridge preservation (ARP) was performed to minimize ridge collapse, and orthodontic treatment was initiated to establish adequate space and alignment for prosthetically driven implant placement. Despite partial ridge preservation, additional site development with block bone grafting was required because of insufficient bone volume for implantation. After adequate bone regeneration, implant placement and prosthetic rehabilitation were completed with favorable esthetic and functional outcomes. This case demonstrates that a staged interdisciplinary treatment involving space creation and site development may facilitate implant rehabilitation in compromised anterior maxillary conditions.

Keywords

Alveolar ridge preservation

Block bone grafting

Dental implants

Esthetics

Interdisciplinary treatment

Orthodontics

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Publisher :The Korean Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Implantology
Publisher(Ko) :대한구강악안면임플란트학회
Journal Title :Journal of implantology and applied sciences
Journal Title(Ko) :대한구강악안면임플란트학회지
Volume : 30
No :2
Pages :115-122
Received Date : 2026-06-12
Revised Date : 2026-06-26
Accepted Date : 2026-06-28
DOI :https://doi.org/10.32542/implantology.2026009

Journal of implantology and applied sciences ISSN:2765-7833(Print) 2765-7841(Online) 대한구강악안면임플란트학회지

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