A Failing Crowned Tooth, Rebuilt with an Implant
Extraction of a cracked, cystic tooth and a zirconia crown on an implant
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AfterThe patient came in with a tooth that had been crowned years earlier. Beneath the old crown the tooth had split and a cyst had formed at the root. The structure was too compromised to save. Left in place, a tooth like this stays a source of chronic infection.
Examination and imaging confirmed a fractured root and a cyst at the apex. The tooth was non-restorable and had to be removed. The surrounding bone, however, was healthy enough to support an implant.
Remove the fractured tooth together with the cyst, let the site heal, and replace the missing tooth with a titanium implant restored with an all-zirconia crown. A fixed, metal-free solution that spares the neighbouring teeth.
Extraction
The fractured, crowned tooth and the cyst were removed carefully, preserving as much bone as possible for the future implant.
Implant placement
A titanium implant was placed into the site and secured with a healing cap, then left to integrate with the bone.
Zirconia crown
Once the implant had fully integrated, a permanent all-zirconia crown was fixed on top, shaped and shade-matched to the neighbouring teeth.
A tooth that is impossible to tell apart from the natural ones beside it. Full chewing function restored, the chronic infection gone, and the neighbouring teeth left completely untouched.
When a tooth cannot be saved, an implant replaces it without grinding down the healthy teeth on either side, the way a bridge would. The titanium root also keeps the jawbone active so it does not shrink away. Topped with an all-zirconia crown, the result is metal-free, biocompatible and built to last for decades.
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