The DTR Technique – Drilling Through Roots of Posterior Teeth for Anatomically Guided Implant Placement – Case Series with 8 Year Follow Up
1. Introduction The surgical placement of dental implants for damaged or missing teeth is a well-established technique that has been well-documented in the literature, demonstrating a high percentage of success. In recent decades, there has been an increasing acceptance of immediate implant placement (IIP) following the first evidence of placing implants into newly extracted sockets provided by Schulte and Heimke and Schulte et al.