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Volume 43 , Issue 3
May/June 2023
Pages 281–288

Implant Esthetic Complications: Anatomical, Prosthetic, and Patient-Centered Considerations for Treatment

Lorenzo Tavelli, DDS, MS, PhD/Teresa Heck, DDS/André B. De Souza, DDS, MS, PhD/Martina Stefanini, DDS, PhD/Giovanni Zucchelli, DDS, PhD/Shayan Barootchi, DMD, MS

DOI: 10.11607/prd.6538

Implant esthetic complications can negatively affect a patient’s perception of implant therapy and their quality of life. This article discusses the etiology, prevalence, and strategies for the treatment of peri-implant soft tissue dehiscences/deficiencies (PSTDs). Three common scenarios of implant esthetic complications were identified and described, in which PSTDs could be managed without removing the crown (scenario I), with the surgical-prosthetic approach (crown removal; scenario II), and/or with the horizontal and vertical soft tissue augmentation and submerged healing (scenario III).

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