After an 83-year-old patient loses a bridge’s terminal abutment to caries, Melillo describes placing an implant in the narrow ridge at site 26, with split crest and a mini sinus lift through a crestal incision alone.
We proceeded with an implant at site 25, using split crest and a small sinus lift through a crestal incision alone. The sequence was SPLIT tips, Cut, then BR 1–2–3. A 3.8 × 10 mm implant with a 3.3 mm neck was inserted below the crest, with a small crestal sinus lift of a couple of millimetres.
Editorial clarification: the final implant site is 26; the original message states 25.
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Procediamo con un impianto in zona 25 con split crest e minirialzo con la sola incisione in cresta. Poi punte SPLIT - Cut e a seguire BR 1-2-3.
Inserito impianto 3.8 h10 con collo da 3.3 che viene affondato e con un rialzino crestale di un paio di mm