Immediate Dental Implant Placement in the Oncologic Setting: A Conceptual Framework.

ABSTRACT: Historically, immediate dental implants have been reserved for patients with benign disease, with full dental rehabilitation rarely being accomplished in the oncologic setting due to concerns related to implant survival, flap compromise, and delay in initiation of adjuvant therapy. Recent developments in technology have made immediate dental implants using virtual surgical planning safe and reliable. At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, we have implemented a workflow for immediate dental implant placement in the oncologic patient population that has become a routine part of maxillary and mandibular reconstruction. This approach begins with a multidisciplinary virtual surgical planning session and custom dental splints to be used for cutting and inset guides. Dental implants are place

SUBMITTER: Anolik RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8447991 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature