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Rodrigo Fuentealba¹, Jorge Jofré²

¹Restorative Division, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, 800 Rose Street, D642, Lexington, KY 40356-0297, USA.

Dental Clinics of North America

|December 2, 2014

Summary

Aesthetic failure in dental implants, encompassing both soft (pink) and hard (white) tissue issues, requires better definition and standardized thresholds. This review explores causes, prevention, and treatment for improved implant outcomes.

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Area of Science:

Dentistry
Implantology
Aesthetic Science

Background:

The definition of dental implant failure has expanded beyond osseointegration to include aesthetic concerns.
Aesthetic failure in implant dentistry remains poorly defined, lacking standardized assessment criteria.
While validated aesthetic indices exist for implant-supported crowns, a specific failure threshold is not widely established.

Purpose of the Study:

To define aesthetic failure in implant dentistry based on objective indices.
To categorize aesthetic failures into pink-tissue and white-tissue categories.
To discuss the contributing factors, prevention strategies, and treatment options for aesthetic implant failures.

Main Methods:

Review of existing literature on dental implant failure definitions and aesthetic indices.

Keywords:

Dental implants Esthetic failure Esthetic zone PES/WES Patient satisfaction Prosthetically driven implant placement

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Analysis of validated objective indices for evaluating clinical outcomes of implant-supported crowns.

Categorization of aesthetic failures based on tissue type (gingival and tooth structure).

Main Results:

Aesthetic failures in implant dentistry can be systematically categorized into pink-tissue (gingival) and white-tissue (tooth structure) failures.
Objective indices provide a basis for defining and quantifying aesthetic failures.
Specific failure thresholds for aesthetic outcomes have been proposed by some authors.

Conclusions:

A clear definition and categorization of aesthetic failures (pink and white tissue) are crucial for advancing implant dentistry.
Understanding the factors contributing to aesthetic failures is key for effective prevention and treatment.
Standardized assessment and treatment protocols are needed to address aesthetic concerns in dental implantology.