The Effect of Vestibulo Plasty by Periosteal Fenestration for Dental Implant

Abstract

Use of dental implants is playing an increasingly more significant role in oral rehabilitation.
The contact relation between the neck region of a dental implant and gingival epithelium is somewhat delicate because movement of unstable gingival mucosa and frenulum often gives rise to a down-growth of gingival epithelium, which makes the prognosis for the dental implant rather poor.
This report presents some cases for which a technique was applied to enlarge an area of stable keratinized gingiva together with an application of vestibuloplasty for dental implantation. The report also presents usefulness on an image analyzer in showing good results of enlargement on an area of stable gingival mucosa.
In conclusion, it is suggested that the technique applied is highly useful for dental implantation.