CASE REPORT

Year : 2012  |  Volume : 3  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 82-85

A treatment approach restoring esthetics in gingival recession in an anterior implant: A clinical report

Iffat Aara Shakir¹, Ponsekar A Abraham², M Vasanthakumar^2
1 Department of Prosthodontics, TMDCH, Chennai, India
² Department of Prosthodontics, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, India

Correspondence Address:
Iffat Aara Shakir
Department of Prosthodontics, Thai Moogambigai Dental College, Golden George Nagar
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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This article details a technique to restore soft tissue esthetics in the anterior mandibular region following Zirconia implant therapy in a 40 year old male patient. The morbidity of gingival soft tissue and failure to adapt itself around the abutment lead to un-esthetic appearance in the anterior region. Gingiva coloured acrylic removable prosthesis was fabricated to replicate the gingival margin position and to achieve high esthetic results. This method may be considered a minimally invasive alternate treatment method for gingival soft tissue loss, providing esthetic results and patient satisfaction in a less time consuming manner.

Keywords: Implantology, osseo-integration, gingival epithesis, soft tissue defects, acrylic removable prosthesis