Immediate Implant Placement in a Type 2 Extraction Socket Using the Ice Cream Cone Technique: A Case Report
A. Lubna Firdose
Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Pincode-600130, India.
D. Preetha
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Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Pincode-600130, India.
K. J. Nagasurthi
Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Pincode-600130, India.
U. Arunmozhi
Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Pincode-600130, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Immediate implant placement in extraction sockets with buccal plate deficiency presents clinical and aesthetic challenges. The ice cream cone technique is a flapless guided bone regeneration approach designed to stabilize graft material and preserve soft tissue contours. This case report describes immediate implant placement in a Type 2 extraction socket using a Fix-Guide membrane shaped as an ice cream cone and an organic bovine bone graft (A-OSS), achieving adequate primary stability and favourable aesthetic outcome. Clinical and radiographic evaluation in this case report demonstrated successful osseointegration, stable peri-implant soft tissues, and preservation of ridge contours.
Keywords: Immediate implant placement, ice cream cone technique, type 2 extraction socket, guided bone regeneration