New possibilities in soft tissue augmentation around dental implants

Descrição

Vol. 10 – Número 39 – 2019

CADERNO DE IMPLANTODONTIA

Case report

Página 43-52

New possibilities in soft tissue augmentation around dental implants

Massimo Frosecchi¹
Eugenio Longo²

Abstract
In order to maintain osseointegration in the long term and to protect from complications, it is necessary to have sufficient amount of bone tissue and soft tissue. Soft tissue grafting became in the last years a very common procedure to increase the quality and quantity of mucosa around dental implants. Autologous tissue from palate or maxillary tuberosity represents the gold standard, but some factors limitate this possibility in some cases: thickness of quantity avalilable, invasiveness, etc. A novel biomaterial was recently introduced for soft tissue grafting. This material is obtained from porcine dermis and it works as a reabsorbable material submerged totally or partially into recipient soft tissue to obtain changes in volume. Several studies were published and many applications were described on natural teeth and dental implants. In the present paper main applications were described and a clinical case was presented.

Descriptors: Dental implantation, peri-implantitit, bone transplantation, biocompatible materials.

¹ Active member of International Piezosurgery Academy, Professor a c. in Implantology and Scientific evidences – University of Genoa – Italy, Active member – AIOM (Italian Academy of Microscopic Dentistry), Active member – IAO (Italian Academy of Osseointegration).
² Graduated in Dentistry and Dental Prosthodontics – University of Siena (cum Laude I), Advanced course in Implantology and Bone Reconstruction at IPENO clinic in Florianópolis – Brazil, Prof. at master in Implantology and Prosthodontics – University of Genova, Prof. at master of Periodontology – University of Florence.