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Volume 38 , Issue 6
November/December 2018
Pages 841–847

The Effect of Implant Abutment Design on Long-Term Soft Tissue Stability: A Clinical Case Report

Nuria Otero, DDS, CAGS, MSc/Javier Scarton, DDS, MSc/Laura Lugo Pizzolante, DDS/Stefano Inglese, CDT/Anthony G Sclar, DMD, OMFS/Fong Wong, DDS, CAGS, MSC, FACP

PMID: 29451930
DOI: 10.11607/prd.3068

Prosthetic rehabilitation of malpositioned anterior dental implants can be challenging. Interdisciplinary treatment planning and precise execution of biologically acceptable prosthetic and surgical protocols are essential to achieve optimal esthetic results and while avoiding and managing esthetic complications. This case study focuses on the restorative aspect. Two sets of custom gold abutments were used prior to and following surgical correction of a pre-existing soft and hard tissue ridge defect surrounding maxillary central incisor implant restorations. A stable and esthetically pleasing result was documented 7 years following delivery of definitive esthetic central incisor implant restorations.

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