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Lorenzo Tavelli1, Giovanni Zucchelli2, Hom-Lay Wang3
1Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Division of Periodontology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Center for Clinical Research and Evidence Synthesis in Oral Tissue Regeneration (CRITERION), Boston, Massachusetts.
Abstract:
The treatment of a peri-implant soft-tissue dehiscence (PSTD) can be quite challenging for many clinicians and leave gravely disappointing esthetic remarks for patients to bear. The present article describes the treatment of two adjacent PSTDs in the forefront of the anterior region, where papilla deficiency also was exhibited. The case was treated with a coronally advanced flap and connective tissue graft (CTG) with submerged healing. The implant-supported crowns and abutments were removed, and soft-tissue augmentation was performed using a CTG that was sutured to the buccal site of the implants. The flap was released and sutured over the implants, which were submerged aiming for a closure by primary intention. After 3 months, a combination of an apically positioned flap and roll flap was performed to increase keratinized mucosa width around the implants and augment the peri-implant papilla. Clinical and esthetic satisfactory outcomes were obtained at 1 year.
