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Cutting-Edge Implant Rehabilitation Design and Management: A Tapered Abutment Approach
Xavier Rodríguez1, Xavier Vela2, Maribel Segalà3
1Visiting Professor, International University of Catalonia (UIC), Barcelona, Spain; Private Practice, Cambra Clínic and Associates, Barcelona, Spain; Member, Barcelona Osseointegration Research Group (BORG).
Abstract:
Soft-tissue recession around an implant rehabilitation over time has been considered a physiologic phenomenon. The divergent profile of the abutment and the abutment's dis/reconnections are the most critical predisposing and precipitating factors regarding such gingival recession. Recent publications have discussed how tapered and marginless abutments that allow no disconnections and increase soft-tissue thickness could prevent implant rehabilitations from experiencing gingival recession. The objective of this article is to demonstrate the biologic rationale of tissue behavior surrounding tapered abutments and their clinical application.
