Brilliant implant aesthetics - innovative soft-tissue shaping or prosthetic socket preservation
An innovative treatment concept is based on a non-traumatic and effective shaping of the periimplant soft tissue – including an anatomical shaping from the first second. Especially, too many assembling and removing of abutments can contribute to aesthetic complications by vertical tissue loss. Therefore the “one abutment one time” and the “one crown one time” concepts are preferred. Additionally, platform switched and sealed implant-abutment connection prevent crestal bone loss and an apical shift of the facial gingival margin.
In case of a fresh extraction socket the seal with the own tooth or a temporay crown can keep the complete soft tissue shape in a easy and predictible way. This "prosthetic" socket preservation simulates an intentinal tooth re-implantation without the root.
The same seal and therfore an optimal healing mode of the extraction socket is realized by an immediate implant insertion and restoration. The results are promising and more predictable than the common used “surgical” socket preservation.
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Paul Weigl
JW Goethe-University Frankfurt am Mainv
Department of Prosthodontics, Ass. Professor