Poor Aesthetics of Existing Restoration Clinical Trial
Official title:
Evaluation of the Soft Tissue Stability Around Single Crowns Supported by Tissue Level Implants Placed in Non-augmented Healed Sites in the Anterior Maxilla: a Retrospective Study
The aim of this study is to review the long-term soft tissue stability and the long-term
esthetic results of single crowns supported by tissue level implants placed in non-augmented
healed sites.
The hypothesis of the present study is that tissue level implants can achieve ideal esthetic
outcomes in non-augmented healed sites.
Both successful implant-supported restorations and the peri-implant soft and hard tissues
are vital determinants which may affect the short- and long-term aesthetic outcomes.
For this reason, the pink aesthetic score (PES) was introduced for the evaluation of
peri-implant soft tissues by Fürhauser in 2005 and modified by Belser as PES/WES in 2009.
So far, a series of clinical studies have confirmed the suitability of PES/WES and PES index
for the objective outcome assessment of the aesthetic dimension of anterior single-tooth
implants.
However, to our knowledge, studies with long term data of the aesthetic outcome evaluation
in non-augmented healed sites of the anterior maxilla are still rare, for most of the papers
published recently mainly focused on immediate implant placement after tooth extraction with
only 1-5 years following up.
In our previous study, we have evaluated the alterations of soft tissue around
implant-supported single crowns in the anterior maxilla with original standard PES at the
time of crown placement and 6 months post-loading .We have found that the aesthetic outcome
of soft tissue around the single-tooth implant had improved significantly at follow-up
compared with baseline according to PES assessment. However, the follow up time of the
previous study was short (6-8 months), long time follow up is necessary to confirm the
previous hypothesis and observations.
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Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Retrospective
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