Implant rehabilitation of canines in case of bilaterally missing maxillary lateral incisors: An update

This article reports an update on the successful treatment of a patient with malocclusion and missing maxillary lateral incisors, which employed an unusual implant-prosthetic rehabilitation in place of the canines. The malocclusion was treated with extraction of the maxillary deciduous canines and implant-prosthesis rehabilitation in place of the canines, resulting in a stable occlusion, both esthetically and functionally, after 8 years of treatment.