Abstract
In the current implant therapy scenario, many patients desire sensuousness as well esthetics as much as functionality. The patient was a 17-year-old Japanese female in good general health, who required implant treatment for a root fracture sustained in a traffic accident. Esthetic satisfaction was provided by adjustment of the soft tissues carrying by provisional restoration and immediate placement of an implant. Beta-tricalcium phosphate and platelet-rich plasma were used for the guided bone regeneration(GBR) in the protocol. Before GBR, we used the surgical index technique was used for provisional restoration, and this restoration was immediately used after the 2nd surgery. Five months after the implantation, the provisional restoration was delicately adjusted to obtain an esthetic soft tissue form. Coordinative provisional restoration was used as reference for the final restoration. In this case, an esthetically satisfying result was obtained by maintenance of the soft tissue surrounding the defect site, and inducing a soft tissue profile.
Nihon Shishubyo Gakkai Kaishi (J Jpn Periodontol) 49 : 323-331, 2007.
