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Volume 43 , Issue 5
September/October 2023
Pages 615–621

Treatment of Esthetic Complications with Peri-implant Soft Tissue: A Description of the “Apical Approach” Surgical Technique and Presentation of Two Clinical Cases

Norberto Quispe-López, DDS/Javier Flores-Fraile, DDS/Ignacio Fernández-Baca, MSc/Juan Sánchez-Santos, DDS/Jesús Mena-Álvarez, DDS/Javier Montero, DDS

PMID: 37338923
DOI: 10.11607/prd.6151

Peri-implant soft tissue deformities are an increasingly common phenomenon in the esthetic zone. While the most widely studied esthetic complications are peri-implant soft tissue dehiscences, there are other esthetic concerns in routine clinical practice that require investigation and treatment. Thus, this report on two clinical cases describes a surgical approach using the apical access technique to treat peri-implant soft tissue discoloration and fenestration. In both clinical scenarios, the defect was accessed via a single horizontal apical incision without removing the cement-retained crowns. A bilaminar technique using apical access with a simultaneous connective tissue graft seems to offer promising results for the treatment of peri-implant soft tissue deformities. At the 12-month reevaluation, an increase in peri-implant soft tissue thickness was observed, resolving the pathologies presented.

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