![]() ![]() Fortunately, esthetic plastic surgical techniques have existed for many years and are considered routine treatment for the correction of various soft tissue defects, from recession and mucogingival defects to improper gingival contours. Although implant success, as measured through fixture osseointegration and restoration of function, is high, the procedures available to create esthetic implant “success” are not always so predictable. In turn, implantology has had to meet these new challenges, which are, in many instances, difficult if not impossible to attain. Patients have come to expect esthetically pleasing restorative treatments and now consider a visible crown margin or a poor porcelain/composite color match an unsatisfying treatment outcome. Many of these esthetic requirements have arisen from significant advancements in esthetic restorative dentistry in recent years. No longer is implant rehabilitation simply a vehicle to restore lost masticatory and phonetic function achieving ideal treatment outcomes in the structural and esthetic “regeneration” of edentulous spaces has become an integral part of modern implant dentistry. Consequently, as the practice of implant rehabilitation has developed and matured, both patients and the reconstructive team have reframed their treatment expectations. Implantology has evolved into an accepted, predictable treatment for restoring lost teeth.
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