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Soft tissue ridge augmentation to correct an esthetic deformity caused by adversely placed implants: a case report
1Department of Surgery (Dental), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Gumdoctor@prodigy.com
The International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry
|September 5, 1998
Abstract:
A patient presented with two osseointegrated implants placed in a ridge deformity that had resulted from a traumatic injury during an automobile accident. The implant placement and subsequent restorative dentistry resulted in a poor esthetic result and difficult maintenance. Treatment included multiple soft tissue grafts to submerge the implants and augment the ridge. The patient was then restored with a conventional fixed partial denture.