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Peri-implant soft tissue conditioning with provisional restorations in the esthetic zone: the dynamic compression
Julia-Gabriela Wittneben1, Daniel Buser, Urs C Belser
1Division of Fixed Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 7, Bern, Switzerland. julia.wittneben@zmk.unibe.ch
Abstract:
An optimal esthetic implant restoration is a combination of a visually pleasing prosthesis and surrounding peri-implant soft tissue architecture. This article introduces a clinical method, the dynamic compression technique, of conditioning soft tissues around bone-level implants with provisional restorations in the esthetic zone. The technique has several goals: to establish an adequate emergence profile; to recreate a balanced mucosa course and level in harmony with the gingiva of the adjacent teeth, including papilla height/width, localization of the mucosal zenith and the tissue profile's triangular shape; as well as to establish an accurate proximal contact area with the adjacent tooth/implant crown.
