Evaluation of Ice Cream Cone Technique With Immediate Implant Placement in Patients With Labial Plate Dehiscence

Immediate tooth replacement with immediate implants into fresh extraction sockets has become a common and promising clinical procedure in daily practice in regard of implant survival, osseointegration and esthetic outcomes . However, there are some challenges encountered in the treatment of patients with labial bone plate dehiscence. Deficiency of facial bone anatomy has a negative impact on esthetics and is a critical causative factor for esthetic implant complications and failures .. Few studies investigated the reconstitution of labial bone plate dehiscence using ice cream cone technique and their results showed adequate bone regeneration 4 to 6 months where no labial plate was present prior to grafting technique. Ice cream cone technique as a flapless grafting technique in conjunction with immediate implant placement in patients with labial bone plate dehiscence requires further studies for its clinical relevance and approval.