Replacing gingivo-alveolar tissue in implant supported fixed dental prosthesis

ABSTRACT

Treatment of patients, presenting maxillary anterior edentulous spaces with hard and soft tissue deficit, using implant-supported dental prostheses provides complex challenges to dental clinicians. When the results of ridge augmentation and implants positioning are less than acceptable, treatment with a conventional implant-supported fixed dental prosthesis [ISFDP] may lead to less than ideal esthetic and functional outcome. This report describes the management of one such case with a single-piece screw-retained ISFDP. Desired aesthetics with the ISFDP was achieved by replacing the missing gingivo-alveolar tissues using tissue-matching colour light-cured composite resin