
Oral Plastic Surgery: Smile Design and Surgical Concepts
Congress Lecture
Surgical Planning and Procedures
Surgical Planning and Procedures
Patient perceptions of implant-based treatments have matured from the utilitarian to the artistic, reflecting the clinician’s own desire for ideal form, beauty, and the illusion of natural hard and soft tissues. Consequently, as expectations have grown, so have the demands on the prosthodontic and surgical team’s diagnostic and clinical talents. This lecture presents the peri-implant and periodontal tissues as intimate components of any implant-based reconstruction, since overall gingival display and soft tissue quantity and quality can considerably influence the overall implant position as well as the final esthetic outcome. Key periodontal plastic surgery concepts and techniques are presented; these offer the surgical and prosthodontic team the ability to enhance implant soft tissue outcomes and oftentimes repair defects that can compromise the desired esthetic result.
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