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Volume 32 , Issue 2
April 2012
Pages 213-222

Peri-implant Soft Tissue Level Secondary to a Connective Tissue Graft in Conjunction with Immediate Implant Placement: A 2-Year Follow-up Report of 11 Consecutive Cases

Yong-Moo Lee, DDS, PhD/Do-Young Kim, DDS, PhD/Jin Y. Kim, DDS, MPH, MS/Su-Hwan Kim, DDS, PhD/Ki-Tae Koo, DDS, PhD/Tae-Il Kim, DDS, PhD/Yang-Jo Seol, DDS, PhD

PMID: 22292145
DOI: 10.11607/prd.00.1050

immediate implant placement and connective tissue grafting in maxillary incisors associated with gingival recession defects. Ten patients underwent the proposed combined treatment consisting of 11 single-tooth implant restorations. Peri-implant soft tissue level and the width of keratinized gingiva were evaluated at baseline, the time of implant restoration connection, and 2 years postrestoration. All parameters used to assess esthetic outcomes showed improvements. The proposed clinical procedure can be considered an alternative approach to achieving an ideal esthetic anterior restoration. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2012;32:213–222.)

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