The socket-shield technique and immediate implant placement

• Main Authors: Manjunath Mundoor Dayakar (Author), Abdul Waheed (Author), Hiranya Shivananda Bhat (Author), Prakash Pai Gurpur (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Healing of extraction socket leads to the dimensional changes which will affect the placement of the implant and its emergence profile. Atraumatic extraction, socket preservation technique, and immediate implant placement decrease the alveolar bone resorption by maintaining the postextraction socket...