Browsing by Author "Akanksha Shukla"

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Socket shield: An esthetic success?
(Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020) Farhan Durrani; Himani Painuly; Akanksha Shukla; Samidha Pandey; Rakhshinda Nahid
Dental implants require adequate bone, three dimensionally, for successful osseointegration. The extraction socket changes in the dimension had been described in several studies. Implant in extraction socket cannot prevent resorption of the surrounding tissues. The bony alterations make oral esthetic implant reconstruction difficult without hard-And soft-Tissue augmentation. Placement of bone substitute material and immediate implant were not able to completely establish an esthetic outcome. A novel technique of retaining the buccal aspect of the tooth root during implant placement has shown preservation of esthetics. Hard and soft tissues were preserved in their original form around the replaced tooth. The retained root on the buccal aspect of an oral implant is observed to have formed cementum and to some aspects of osseointegration with the surrounding tissues. It is called socket-shield technique and if completed meticulously can be an alternative for regenerative materials and soft-Tissue grafting. In our report, we completed 14 cases of the said technique with 5-year follow-up. The results looked promising as none of the cases required guided bone regeneration procedures. This may become the future noninvasive method for the preservation of hard and soft tissues around an oral implant in esthetic areas. © 2020 Indian Society of Periodontology - Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow.
Terminal dentition to functional esthetic full-mouth implant reconstruction: Evidence-based approach
(Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021) Farhan Durrani; Himani Painuly; Akanksha Shukla; Rakhshinda Nahid; Samidha Pandey
Implant-supported fixed dental prosthesis is a well-Accepted treatment option for edentulism. Loss of teeth due to extensive caries or severe periodontitis presents a challenge to the clinicians. Young age disability with either of these problems can further make full-mouth rehabilitation on implants a complex procedure. The outcome of implant surgery with periapical infections and periodontal inflammation is unpredictable and often delays the placement of dental implants. Here, we describe a case of full-mouth reconstruction with implant-supported prosthesis in a young individual who lost all her teeth due to extensive caries. The journey from terminal dentition to functional esthetic rehabilitation was uneventful. © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.