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ArticleBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Achieving Optimal Esthetics with Immediate Implants and Veneers in the Smile Zone: A Case Study.

Carlos A Jurado, Jose Villalobos-Tinoco, Daniel Alejandro Montealvan-Aguilar, Silvia Rojas-Rueda, Kiarash Karimi, Nicholas G Fischer

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Article in Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Carlos A JuradoDivision of Operative Dentistry, Department of General Dentistry, Health Science Center, College of Dentistry, The University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7437-4855
Jose Villalobos-TinocoDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, Centro de Estudios Odontologicos (CEO), Queretaro 76050, Mexico.
Daniel Alejandro Montealvan-AguilarSchool of Dentistry, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Queretaro 76010, Mexico.
Silvia Rojas-RuedaDivision of Dental Biomaterials, Department of Clinical and Community Sciences, School of Dentistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.
Kiarash KarimiSection of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, 714 Riverton Av., Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
Nicholas G FischerMDRCBB, Minnesota Dental Research Center for Biomaterials and Biomechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2230-5158

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Abstract

backgroundThis case report outlines the clinical workflows for immediate implant placement for both maxillary central incisors and ceramic laminate veneers for the remaining teeth in the smile zone.

methodsThe patient's chief complaint was to improve her smile and address periapical infections with purulent exudate at the apex of her central incisors. Clinical and CBCT evaluations determined that the maxillary central incisors were non-restorable, while the lateral incisors and canines showed signs of incisal wear. Atraumatic extractions were performed for the central incisors, and immediate implants were placed with a 3D-printed surgical guide in conjunction with an autogenous soft tissue grafting procedure. Once the soft tissue between the central incisors was contoured with provisional implant restorations, minimally invasive veneer preparations were performed for porcelain laminate veneers. Final restorations were bonded under dental dam isolation.

resultsSingle immediate implants for maxillary central incisors can be successfully paired with ceramic laminate veneers on adjacent teeth in the smile zone to replace non-restorable teeth in the esthetic zone.

conclusionsAtraumatic tooth extraction, 3D implant planning with grafting procedures, and minimally invasive ceramic veneers can help in meeting patients' esthetic and functional expectations. Total isolation using a dental dam maximizes the bonding performance of ceramic restorations.

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esthetic dentistryimmediate implantsveneers

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