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Volume 42 , Issue 2
March/April 2022
Pages e21–e26

Augmentation of Interdental Papilla at Implant/Tooth Sites with the Tunneling Technique and a Pedicle Graft: Technique and Case Report

Norbert M. Salenbauch, DDS, MS/Edward P. Allen, DDS, PhD

PMID: 35353082
DOI: 10.11607/prd.5765

Maintaining or creating adequate papillary form is a challenge when placing implants in the esthetic zone. Often, outcomes of procedures designed to maintain or enhance papillae at implant sites yield unsatisfactory results and require secondary microsurgical interventions. This article describes a surgical technique to augment interdental papillae between implants and teeth. The technique uses pedicle flaps from the palate combined with tunneling and is capable of creating a substantial papilla augmentation utilizing vascularized grafts. The surgical technique and requirements for success are presented with a case report.

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