Dott. Leonardo Targetti

Conometric retention for removable implant-supported prosthesis: a case report with two and a half years follow-up

Surgeon/Restorative dentist: Dr. Leonardo Targetti – Florence, Italy This case demonstrates the clinical and laboratory procedures for an implant-supported prosthesis with a new type of overdenture attachment system which uses conometric friction retention instead of ball attachment or Locator attachment. The conometric attachment system consists in titanium abutments (MUA-Conics), with a 5-degree (half angle) tapered… Read »

October, 2020 -

12-year follow-up of an implant placed with a one-stage surgical procedure with simultaneous guided bone regeneration (GBR)

Surgeon/Restorative dentist: Dr. Leonardo Targetti – Florence, Italy This case report demonstrates a procedure for restoring a missing maxillary first premolar with a severe buccal bone plate defect of a 55-year-old male patient. In order to expose the bone defect a GBR incision was performed and a full-thickness mucoperiosteal flap was raised. After thorough surgical… Read »

March, 2018 -