Peri-Implant Soft Tissue Augmentation in a Mild Smoker: A Surgical-Prosthetic Approach Using a Subepithelial CT Graft...

This report presents the use of a CT graft to augment the periimplant soft tissue at time of abutment placement in a smoker using coronal anchoring sutures around a zirconia abutment. Soft tissue augmentation at the time of abutment connection, avoiding abutment removal after CT grafting, use of a zirconia abutment and placement of coronal anchoring sutures might be the recommended approach when dealing with such esthetic challenges.