The
effectiveness of
dental implants in
patients with disability,
who are non-compliant during
treatment, is controversial because of their poor
oral health. Thus,
oral health-care and management in such
patients is concerning. Moreover, limited information is available on
prognosis after implant placement. Herein, we describe a
patient with
schizophrenia who underwent
dental implantation under multiple inductions of
general anesthesia (5 times) and required
conservative treatment and
tooth extraction for multiple
dental caries and retained roots because of inadequate
oral health-care. Postoperatively, fracture of the
prosthodontics and progression of
dental caries were observed, and with 3 additional inductions of
general anesthesia,
conservative treatment, implant
surgery, and
prosthesis implantation were conducted. Postoperative 12-month follow-up since the last
prosthesis implantation showed successful results. For
patients with
schizophrenia, multiple implantation can reduce horizontal
bone loss and achieve aesthetic results compared to
treatment with removable
prosthodontics and could serve as an alternative
treatment modality.