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The prosthodontic management of impacted tooth that failed to extrude after orthodontic traction is a clinical challenge. There are many factors for orthodontic treatment failure like ankylosis and root exposure. Prosthodontic treatment options include surgical removal of failed tooth followed by implant placement either using staged approach or simultaneous approach. In this case report, the tooth that failed to erupt after orthodontic traction and tooth with root resorption in esthetic zone was managed successfully by immediate implant placement. Guided bone regeneration was performed along with implantation to compensate associated bone loss.

Medical professionals including dentists are one of those high-risk professionals who can easily get affected by COVID-19 due to its highly contagious nature. Evaluating the molecular pathogenesis and the role of immune system in modulating symptoms it can be assumed that susceptibility of COVID-19 to older adults is more. This review aimed to summarize all the information available on electronic databases PubMed, PubMed central, Cochrane database related to the effect of COVID-19 ingeriatric individuals and guidelines for a prosthodontist during treatment of geriatric individuals in Indian population during this pandemic period. This review will focus on the characteristic symptoms and signs of COVID-19 ingeriatric individuals and how the prosthodontists during treatment of geriatric individuals in Indian populations can better equip themselves to prevent the spread of COVID-19 ina clinical setup.