PURPOSE This systematic review was performed to address the focus question: "In adult patients with soft tissue deficiencies around maxillary anterior implants, what is the effect on esthetic outcomes when a soft tissue procedure is performed?" In addition, this paper reviews the importance of presurgical esthetic risk assessment (ERA) starting with comprehensive team case planning prior to sur...

T he use of dental implants to replace the natural tooth system has become commonplace in the contemporary restorative and surgical dental practice.1,2 Substantiation of their efficacy has been well-documented in restorative, cosmetic, and surgical dental literature,1,2 and with the advancements in surgical techniques and implant design features, their use in the esthetic zone has become a succ...

Copyright © 2015 Sang-Choon Cho et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Esthetic outcomes have become key elements that are critical to defining success in implant restorations. Long-term studies have demonstrated t...

AIM To make use of fiber-reinforced composite and the patient's own extracted teeth in fabricating a provisional restoration following immediate implant placement. BACKGROUND Fiber-reinforced composites offer various possibilities in temporization of osseointegrating implants in the esthetic zone. TECHNIQUE In this chairside technique, the patient's own extracted teeth with fiber-reinforced...

Young patients are often frequently involved in traumatic dental injuries. The most common type fracture in permanent anterior teeth is a crown fracture. Direct restorative procedures using composite and fiber posts can be an esthetic and conservative approach in the case of extended fracture of an anterior root-filled tooth with little remaining coronal tooth structure. Currently, prefabricate...

When treating the color of a single tooth in the esthetic zone, it is a complex task to achieve the same visual effect as the rest of the teeth. In addition to the problem of the clinical crown color, if the patient has a thin periodontal biotype it is necessary to manipulate both the hard and soft tissue to achieve a good esthetic result. To change the biotype, a connective tissue graft needs ...

Visuelle und elektronische Farbbestimmung im Rahmen der Farbangleichung [1] Berns RS: Billmeyer and Saltzmans principles of color technology. 3rd ed. New York: Wiley (2000). coverage esthetic score after treatment of gingival recession: an interrater agreement multicenter study. AJ: Estimating costs for shade matching and shade corrections of fixed partial dentures for dental technicians in Ger...

The goal of this study was to explore an innovative approach to single-tooth replacement using an individually custom-fabricated, root-analog, hybrid dental implant, in the esthetic zone, to avoid the microgap and micromovements between the implant and abutment. Moreover, the use of burs to prepare the implant recipient site is not necessary in this technique, reducing the bone removal, heating...

OBJECTIVE When utilizing a single implant-supported crown to replace a central incisor, understanding the final shape of the implant restoration is an important factor to help achieve a successful esthetic outcome. In today's dentistry, tooth shape is a critical factor when dental implant prostheses are considered in the esthetic zone. The major esthetic goal for this type of restoration is to ...