Abstract
Conventionally, postoperative management of edentulous patients can be troublesome in implant treatment. Postoperative complaints, such as eating disorders due to discontinued use of dentures, inadequate adaptation of the prostheses, and pain due to swelling of the mucosa, and occasional replacement and thickness control of tissue conditioners, among other issues, are fairly common in such patients. An edentulous patient, who had undergone strategic extraction of the periodontally involved teeth with poor prognosis, received implant treatment at our clinic. Full dentures were placed in the maxilla, and a gingival flap was reflected in the mandible for the immediate loading procedure. After the healing period with use of a provisional bridge, final prosthetic restoration was undertaken with a one-piece taperedtitanium base CAD/CAM implant bridge. The patient did not report any problems after 5 years. Therefore, the immediate loading concept was suggested to be a clinically useful method of treatment for edentulous patients.
