Full Zirconia Implant-Born Prosthetic Rehabilitation with CAD/CAM Technology after Accurate Digital Planning. A Case Report

Riccardo Scaringi, Michele Nannelli, Alessio Franchina, Giuseppe Lizio, Luigi V. Stefanelli, Michele Pagliarulo, Francesca De Angelis and Gerardo Pellegrino
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Riccardo Scaringi: Private Practice, Via Del Futurismo, 8, 20138 Milano, Italy
Michele Nannelli: Private Practice, Via di Caciolle, 2/H, 50127 Firenze, Italy
Alessio Franchina: Private Practice, Periodontal and Dental Implant Surgery, 36100 Vicenza, Italy
Giuseppe Lizio: Oral Surgery Unit, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Via San Vitale 59, 40125 Bologna, Italy
Luigi V. Stefanelli: Private Practice, Periodontal and Dental Implant Surgery, 00145 Roma, Italy
Michele Pagliarulo: Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Plovdiv, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Francesca De Angelis: Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Gerardo Pellegrino: Researcher Oral Surgery Unit, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Via San Vitale 59, 40125 Bologna, Italy

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 15, 1-10

Abstract: CAD/CAM technology can enhance the dentistry application of ceramic materials that meet the more relevant biocompatibility and aesthetics demands. In implant-borne prosthesis rehabilitation, yttria-stabilized zirconia appeared to be a valid alternative to metal-alloys and titanium, with comparable mechanical properties and even better interaction with bone and soft tissues. The improvement of monolithic CAD/CAM manufacturing allows for a reliable, predictable, and rapid workflow that can correspond to a holistic treatment philosophy associated with zirconia fixtures. This reported clinical case highlights the advantages of this approach in resolving particularly functionally and aesthetically complex situations. A 40-year-old patient with permanent canine impaction and the persistence of a deciduous tooth compromised by caries was successfully rehabilitated with the surgical removal of the enclosed tooth, the seating of a mono-phase zirconia implant after the deciduous extraction and its loading with a zirconia single crown, without any clinical or radiographical alteration up to seven years follow-up.

Keywords: Zirconia rehabilitation; CAD/CAM technology; dental implantology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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