Case Report
LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF COMPLEX IMPLANT-PROSTHETIC REHABILITATION IN THE ABSENCE OF ORAL HYGIENE (1977-2024). A CASE REPORT
1 UN University for Peace in the World, Rome, Italy
2 UN University for Peace in the World, Rome, Italy
Correspondence to:
UN University for Peace in the World,
Rome, Italy
Annals of Stomatology 2025 September-December 5(3): 167-173
https://doi.org/10.69129/stomatol/2025v5iss3_20
Received: 27 August 2025 Accepted: 6 October 2025
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Abstract
A lack of adequate oral hygiene, resulting in the accumulation of supragingival tartar, and the absence of professional checkups over time have allowed, against all odds, the “survival” of one-piece, Italian-style immediate-load implants placed in 1977. Likewise, the retention of subperiosteal implants made of “Vitallium” alloy has made it possible to restore, in an eighty-year-old patient, the outdated “mixed” rehabilitation, apparently no longer functionally and aesthetically suitable.
Keywords: occlusal trauma, one-piece implants, oral hygiene, peri-implantitis, subperiosteal implants