Soft tissue grafting to improve the attached mucosa at dental implants: A review of the literature and proposal of a decision tree.

Bassetti, Mario; Kaufmann, Regula; Salvi, Giovanni Edoardo; Sculean, Anton; Bassetti, Renzo (2015). Soft tissue grafting to improve the attached mucosa at dental implants: A review of the literature and proposal of a decision tree. Quintessence international, 46(6), pp. 499-510. Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH 10.3290/j.qi.a33688

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BACKGROUND

Scientific data and clinical observations appear to indicate that an adequate width of attached mucosa may facilitate oral hygiene procedures thus preventing peri-implant inflammation and tissue breakdown (eg, biologic complications). Consequently, in order to avoid biologic complications and improve long-term prognosis, soft tissue conditions should be carefully evaluated when implant therapy is planned. At present the necessity and time-point for soft tissue grafting (eg, prior to or during implant placement or after healing) is still controversially discussed while clinical recommendations are vague.

OBJECTIVES

To provide a review of the literature on the role of attached mucosa to maintain periimplant health, and to propose a decision tree which may help the clinician to select the appropriate surgical technique for increasing the width of attached mucosa.

RESULTS

The available data indicate that ideally, soft tissue conditions should be optimized by various grafting procedures either before or during implant placement or as part of stage-two surgery. In cases, where, despite insufficient peri-implant soft tissue condition (ie, lack of attached mucosa or movements caused by buccal frena), implants have been uncovered and/or loaded, or in cases where biologic complications are already present (eg, mucositis, peri-implantitis), the treatment appears to be more difficult and less predictable.

CONCLUSION

Soft tissue grafting may be important to prevent peri-implant tissue breakdown and should be considered when dental implants are placed. The presented decision tree may help the clinician to select the appropriate grafting technique.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Review Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Periodontology
UniBE Contributor:	Bassetti, Mario, Salvi, Giovanni Edoardo, Sculean, Anton
Subjects:	600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
ISSN:	0033-6572
Publisher:	Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH
Language:	English
Submitter:	Eveline Carmen Schuler
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2015 10:17
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:49
Publisher DOI:	10.3290/j.qi.a33688
PubMed ID:	25699298
Uncontrolled Keywords:	peri-implant keratinized attached mucosa, peri-implantitis, soft tissue recession
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/72290