Pages 54-60, Language: EnglishBinon, Paul P. / Fowler, Clifford N.Many completely and partially edentulous patients experience advanced xerostomia and have considerable difficulty wearing tissue-supported prostheses. A conservative, maximum bone preservation approach to immediate implant placement is presented. The surgical and prosthetic considerations for treating a patient with Sjögren's syndrome are reviewed and discussed.
Keywords: immediate implant placement, Sjögren's syndrome, xerostomia
