The Impact of Implant Design, Science and Clinical Innovations on Maintaining Implant Aesthetics - A Biological Approach.
Aesthetic outcomes are attributed to multiple parameters and a result of numerous clinical and biological important factors. Especially tooth loss in the aesthetic zone represents a significant aesthetic challenge for the dentist because of the region's visibility and role in smile performance. Implant treatment offers a variety of strategies for replacing the missing anatomy and requires special pre-surgical individual case planning to achieve optimum esthetic and functional results. Protocols such lateral and vertical bone grafting are shown as well as cases where additional surgical steps are needed to enlarge the soft tissue anatomy to compensate for tissue losses to get appropriate tissue engineering in all three dimensions.
The key issue for long-term implant aesthetics is to maintain peri-implant bone. Scientific studies demonstrate that the Implant design strongly influence peri-implant bone and soft tissue maintenance. A biological view of the implant-abutment interface opens new horizons for long-term results. The presentation integrates evidence based biological principles with practical aspects in hard and soft tissue augmentation plus implant design to optimize implant aesthetics.
THE SYMBIOSIS OF SCIENCE AND CLINICAL ACQUISITION TO AVOIDING PERI-IMPLANT TISSUE LOSS
New therapeutic modalities in hard and soft tissue management and related implant designs have been specifically developed leading to predictable peri-implant tissue stability thus long-term aesthetic and functional results in different clinical situations. The emphasis will be on the identification of the correct clinical, surgical and prosthetic management of implants to avoiding complications by incorporating scientific findings.
The presentation integrates evidence based biological principles with practical aspects in hard and soft tissue management to optimize peri-implant tissue stability.