Application of digital prosthodontics and connective tissue grafting in the management of peri-implant mucosal recession around a malpositioned 1-piece implant: A clinical report

Abstract

This clinical report describes a conservative approach to improve an unesthetic implant-supported crown and peri-implant mucosal recession around a malpositioned, 1-piece implant in the maxillary right central incisor region by using digital technology. In such clinical situations, the implants are usually removed because of an unpredictable definitive esthetic outcome. However, this clinical report describes the preservation of such a compromised implant by improving the esthetic outcome with a connective-tissue graft, and a digital approach used a 1-step preformed zirconia coping technique with an appropriate emergence profile.