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Volume 32 , Issue 1
February 2012
Pages 93-100

Gingival Papilla Dimensions in Anterosuperior Regions Adjacent to Single-Tooth Implants

Fabiano Perez, DDS, MSc, PhD/José Cláudio Martins Segalla, DDS, MSc, PhD/Élcio Marcantonio, Jr, DDS, MSc, PhD/José Roberto Pereira Lauris, DDS, MSc, PhD/João Gustavo Rabelo Ribeiro, DDS, MSc/Luciano Pedrin Carvalho Ferreira, DDS, MSc

PMID: 22254221
DOI: 10.11607/prd.00.1042

This study compared the dimensions of gingival papillae in anterosuperior areas presenting at natural teeth (teeth sites) or single-tooth implants adjacent to natural teeth (implant-tooth sites) by analyzing determined distances. A total of 45 teeth and 46 implant-tooth sites were carefully selected. Clinical evaluation consisted of visual and quantitative analyses with millimeter grids on radiographs. Implant-tooth sites showed a smaller gingival papilla dimension than tooth sites (P < .01). Both evaluated distances (contact point to bone crest and between the roots of adjacent teeth or implant platform to root of adjacent tooth) in all groups significantly influenced the presence/absence of gingival papillae (P < .01). (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2012;32:93–100.)

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