/Objectives: Vestibular socket therapy (VST) is a minimally invasive technique for immediate implant placement (IIP) in compromised extraction sockets that reconstructs the deficient buccal plate while preserving the crestal soft tissue. Despite growing clinical adoption, the randomized evidence on its predictability and biological performance remains limited.
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Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
No actionable change for audiologists — this is a dental/oral surgery systematic review with no relevance to audiology clinical practice.
This research is outside the scope of audiology; it contributes to minimally invasive implant dentistry but has no bearing on hearing care, balance, or related audiological concerns.
- 01Systematic review and meta-analysis of vestibular socket therapy for immediate dental implant placement.
- 02Technique is minimally invasive, avoiding large incisions at compromised extraction sites.
- 03Review assessed both clinical success rates and cosmetic (esthetic) outcomes around implants.
- 04No connection to audiology, hearing loss, or balance disorders.
- 05Published in a dental journal; included here likely due to a broad PubMed search sweep.
Vestibular socket therapy achieves acceptable clinical and esthetic outcomes for immediate implant placement in compromised extraction sockets.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42782925
- DOI
- 10.3390/dj14090538.
- Journal
- Dentistry Journal
- Publication type
- meta_analysis
- Evidence level
- 1a
- Population
- Patients undergoing immediate dental implant placement in compromised extraction sockets using vestibular socket therapy
- Intervention
- Vestibular socket therapy for immediate implant placement
Primary outcomes
Implant survival rate; Esthetic outcomes of peri-implant tissue