{"id":29993,"date":"2022-10-20T00:45:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T22:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bedentalexpert.com\/surgical-veneer-grafting-compensation-for-natural-labial-plate-remodeling-after-immediate-implant-placement\/"},"modified":"2023-12-14T03:36:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T02:36:46","slug":"surgical-veneer-grafting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedentalexpert.com\/en\/surgical-veneer-grafting\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgical Veneer Grafting: Compensation for Natural Labial Plate Remodeling After Immediate Implant Placement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Contemporary implant therapy aims to provide highly esthetic and predictable treatment outcomes while decreasing treatment duration and complexity. The clinician\u00a0must therefore be cognizant of circumstances with a predisposition toward esthetic outcomes and treatment plan accordingly. Preservation of the surrounding hard and soft tissues associated with an immediate postextraction socket implant to replace a nonrestorable tooth in the esthetic zone is one of the greatest challenges facing the dental team. Several studies have documented the biologic and esthetic benefits of bone graft containment with either a custom healing abutment or provisional restoration. Because esthetic complications increase in patients with a thin periodontal phenotype, additional surgical intervention may be necessary to enhance the surrounding soft tissue architecture before, during, or after implant placement. A combination of bone graft and connective tissue graft can help in overbuilding the socket site and achieve a sustainable and predictable esthetic outcome, especially in patients with a thin gingival phenotype. A case report of a hopeless maxillary left central incisor in a patient with a thin periodontal phenotype illustrates this new surgical and prosthetic approach. Clinical, radiological, and esthetic parameters were recorded to evaluate primary treatment outcomes.<\/p>\n

Key Words: extraction socket, implant surgery, singletooth implants, overbuilding of the socket site, bone\u00a0<\/strong>socket graft, soft tissue graft<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00abThe esthetic ramifications of immediate implants, especially for single anterior teeth in the esthetic zone, are of increasing significance.\u00bb<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The concept of immediate single-tooth implant replacement in a fresh extraction socket in the esthetic zone with placement of an immediate provisional restoration was introduced in 1998.1 Since that time, it has become accepted as one of the treatments of choice in esthetic situations. Treatment procedures are condensed into fewer patient appointments, reducing overall treatment time and increasing patient comfort.2,3<\/sup> In the last decade, many studies have described this approach as a predictable procedure, with survival rates similar to that of delayed implant placement\u00a0 with or without provisional restoration and bone grafting.2,3<\/sup><\/p>\n

Esthetic Ramifications of Immediate Implants<\/strong>
\nThe esthetic ramifications of immediate implants, especially for single anterior teeth in the esthetic zone, are of increasing significance.4<\/sup> The actual challenge for clinicians utilizing immediate anterior implant placement protocols is no longer only to achieve osseointegration, the rates of which are extremely high,5,6<\/sup> but also to improve protocols that allow for less traumatic, more time-efficient, and highly predictable esthetic treatment outcomes in the more demanding anterior region.7-9<\/sup><\/p>\n

Morphological Changes<\/strong>
\nIn fact, while tooth replacement with immediate implant placement and provisionalization (IIPP) has been shown to be a successful procedure, slight facial gingival recession and buccolingual contour shrinkage has been reported following the first year of prosthetic function.10<\/sup> Studies show that changes in the morphology of the hard (bone) and soft tissue surrounding an implant are normal phenomena after dental extraction and implant placement. Several studies have documented the biologic and esthetic benefits of bone graft containment with either a custom healing\u00a0abutment or provisional restoration.11<\/sup> The resorption of a postextraction socket is the direct result of trauma to the bone-periodontal ligament (PDL)-tooth complex. Bundle bone born from a functionally loaded PDL is lost following extraction and leads to an almost certain remodeling of residual buccofacial tissues.12<\/sup> In any case, the complete maintenance of ridge volume after tooth extraction with preservation techniques utilizing currently available materials as a primary prevention is not yet predictable.13<\/sup> Moreover, a study with 92 cases found that 87% had a buccal plate thinner than 1 mm.14<\/sup><\/p>\n

The question, therefore, is whether by thickening the soft tissue with a soft tissue graft, the loss of bone volume in the labial area can be compensated for and maintained over time. Accordingly, it has been stated that one can expect there to be at least 1 mm shrinkage of the buccal facial gingiva following immediate implant placement, which possibly can worsen in thin gingival biotypes.11<\/sup> It is clear that the thickness of periimplant mucosal tissues affects abutment material selection in relation to the gingival color, all of which must be in balance to achieve a predictable and sustainable esthetic outcome.15-18<\/sup><\/p>\n

Requisites for Esthetic Success<\/strong>
\nToday, for an anterior implant restoration to succeed esthetically, it must be supported by natural-looking gingival tissue in harmony with the adjacent dentition.19<\/sup> This means that the natural appearance of a restoration and the stability of the surrounding gingival architecture are pivotal for a successful treatment outcome. Moreover, for a particular procedure, such as immediate implant placement and loading, the peri-implant gingival tissue condition is highly influenced by the position, quality, and thickness of the bone and gingival tissue, which must be assessed before treatment.20<\/sup><\/p>\n

The trend in this area of research is moving toward the idea that increasing peri-implant soft tissue thickness increases the substrate\u2019s colormasking ability and bone stability.21,22<\/sup> Areas of low esthetic value (molars and premolars) might be of less concern; however, a recession and a ridge collapse can result in an esthetic issue in areas such as the anterior maxilla. Compromised esthetics may be compensated by a low smile line and thick gingival biotype when treating single-tooth cases, but when implant therapy is provided to patients with high esthetic risk profiles, high esthetic demands, and thin gingival biotype, the risk for an esthetic failure is exponentially increased.23<\/sup><\/p>\n

According to these considerations and to the fact that in certain patients, such as those with a thin biotype, the esthetic outcome of an implant-supported restoration is mainly dependent on the soft tissue, both in terms of volume and having a natural appearance that is in harmony with the adjacent dentition.9<\/sup> The case report presented in this article illustrates an approach that combines dual-zone bone grafting9 together with a connective tissue graft. The authors have named this protocol the surgical veneer grafting (SVG) technique.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The goal is to limit the buccal contour change after the extraction and potentially augment the thickness of the peri-implant soft tissues coronal to the implantabutment interface. Evaluation of the biological width of the tooth to be extracted and of the adjacent teeth is also recommended. This approach involves atraumatic tooth removal without flap elevation, maintaining the periosteal blood supply to the labial bone plate.<\/p>\n

The extraction socket has to be debrided thoroughly and the implant should be placed just lightly palatally, according to the cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) evaluation. It should be 3 to 4 mm apical to the free gingival margin (FGM) and at least 1.5 mm from the adjacent teeth to avoid dehiscence of the labial plate and loss of attachment in the adjacent teeth, and to allow sufficient vertical distance for the development of the proper emergence profile of the prosthetic components. Primary stability is obtained due to the implant’s geometry and confirmed with hand torque (at least 35 Ncm) to facilitate immediate full-contour provisional restoration. Palatal implant placement in anterior extraction sockets also commonly results in a lack of facial bone\/implant contact, referred to as the gap.<\/p>\n

Depending on the thickness and the quality of the palatal tissue, the connective tissue graft is harvested using a first intention or second intention healing technique. For this protocol, it is necessary to have 1 mm thickness of dense connective tissue graft.<\/p>\n

Quality and thickness of the palatal tissue is determined by needle penetration during anesthesia. The best donor site area is distal to the second bicuspid and the first molar. A dual-zone bone graft (homologous) is placed in the gap and serves as a scaffold to maintain hard and soft tissue volume as well as blood clotting for initial healing. Finally, a screw-retained provisional restoration is positioned, acting as a prosthetic socket-sealing device, to protect, contain, and maintain the blood clot and bone graft material during the healing phase of the treatment and to mechanically support the adjacent peri-implant soft tissues.24<\/sup><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Patient Complaint and Evaluation<\/b>
\nA 43-year-old female presented with pain and evidence of a palatal fracture to the maxillary left central incisor, revealed in the periapical radiograph and CBCT evaluation (Figs 1a-2b)<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Preoperative antibiotics (amoxicillin, 2 g) were given orally one hour prior to surgery. After the administration of local anesthesia, sharp dissection of the supracrestal fibers was performed with a 15c blade and the root was removed atraumatically with a periotome and extraction forceps with rotational movements, without elevating any flaps.<\/p>\n

After an accurate socket debridement with a surgical excavator (Figs 3a-3c)<\/b>, a 3.7-mm diameter tapered design and textured surface implant (Tapered Screw-Vent, Zimmer; Warsaw, IN) was placed (Fig 4)<\/b>, following the indications given by the CBCT evaluation and the adjacent teeth, toward the palatal aspect of the extraction socket to a depth of 4 mm from the FGM. Flap elevation was not necessary and the buccal bone plate was intact after tooth removal. A torque value of 40 Ncm was achieved upon implant placement to permit immediate provisional restoration, and the screw-hole axis was at the level of the cingulum of the adjacent teeth (Fig 5)<\/b>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Figures 1a-1c:<\/b>\u00a0Patient with crowned maxillary left central incisors, which had a root palatal fracture evidenced by the periapical radiograph and the CBCT scan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Figures 3a-3c:\u00a0<\/b>Minimally invasive extraction of the maxillary left central incisor root, avoiding raising a flap and preserving as much of the surrounding hard and soft tissues as possible. The socket was then carefully debrided before implant placement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Figure 4:<\/b> An internal connection implant was placed with the implant shoulder 4 mm apical to the FGM.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Figure 5:<\/b> Once the implant was positioned, the marginal residual gap measured 3 to 4 mm.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Provisional Restoration<\/strong>
\nA customized provisional sandblasted and silaned titanium cylinder was tightened by hand and sealed with blue wax at the mouth of the screw (Fig 6a). The prefabricated provisional was filled with acrylic resin (Palavit and Paladur, Heraeus Kulzer GmbH; Hanau, Germany), seated into the abutment after protecting the socket with rubber dam in the proper facial and vertical positions, and allowed to set prior to removal.<\/p>\n

It is crucial to place enough acrylic resin material to secure the abutment mechanically and chemically to the temporary cylinder. However, this must be done without engaging the undercut regions of the proximal contact areas, because doing so would make removal of the provisional restoration extremely difficult and could potentially damage the implant\u2019s stability.<\/p>\n

The relined provisional restoration was then disinfected and screwed into a laboratory analog, the proximal contact areas were marked with a dark pencil, and the subgingival contours were recreated with flowable composite resin. The contour of the provisional restoration was shaped with burs in a low-speed straight handpiece. The marked proximal contact areas must be respected. Enough resin must be left palatally to keep the provisional restoration intact and stable to the titanium abutment, avoiding any possibility of poor fit.<\/p>\n

Finally, the provisional restoration must be smoothed and polished, first using rubber-polishing instruments mounted on a straight handpiece and then using pumice stone. The surface colorants should be applied only to the supragingival area of the provisional restoration to avoid interference with healing of soft tissues (Figs 6b-6d)<\/strong>. Smoothing the provisional restoration is one of the most important steps in the entire treatment, to promote adhesion of the epithelium in the early stages of wound healing.<\/p>\n

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Figures 6a-6d: <\/b>A prefabricated provisional cylinder is adapted to the edentulous and interocclusal space. The occlusal surface is open in order to check for passive fit with the temporary titanium abutment and to allow unscrewing following hardening of the acrylic resin. The subgingival contour of the provisional crown is concave to provide more space for the connective tissue, while the area in contact with the gingival margin is made flat to avoid putting pressure on the facial gingival support. The subgingival contours of the provisional crown were reestablished using a flowable composite resin.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Connective Tissue Graft<\/strong>
\nAfter evaluating the palatal tissue thickness and quality (Figs 7a & 7b)<\/b>, it was decided to harvest an epithelial connective tissue using a 15c blade, 2 mm apical to the palatal gingival margin of the second bicuspid and the first molar.<\/p>\n

During the first incision, the blade had to penetrate 1.5 mm. This incision had to be horizontal, the most coronal one being 10 mm long. The two vertical incisions, 6-mm long, then had to be made and, before the last apical horizontal incision, the graft had to be prepared with a partial thickness incision and starting from the mesiocoronal angle, avoiding extensive bleeding in the surgical area, leaving the submucosa to protect the bone (Fig 7c)<\/b>. The epithelial connective tissue graft was now 1.5 mm thick, 10 mm long, and 6 mm high. The epithelial tissue was removed chairside (as was, eventually, the fatty glandular soft tissue) with a new 15c blade, oriented to the support plan. This would enable us to obtain a white, dense, 1-mm thick connective tissue graft (Fig 7d)<\/b>. On the recipient site, a partial thickness envelope was created 3 mm apical to the mucogingival junction toward the adjacent teeth, and the graft was stitched intramurally with a 6.0 suture (Omnia SpA; Fidenza, Italy) to stabilize and properly adapt the graft, minimizing the blood clot (Figs 7e-7g)<\/b>. With this approach, the connective tissue graft gains blood supply both from the flap and from the periosteum.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Figures 7a-7g:\u00a0<\/b>Prior to harvesting the graft, it is suggested to assess the thickness of the palatal donor site and also the thickness of the gingiva around the tooth to be extracted with the use of an endodontic wire. Finally, the amount of tissue to be harvested, which is related to the root profile of the site to be augmented, must be evaluated. The tissue is harvested with a 15C scalpel. After being deepithelialized chairside, the connective tissue is allocated inside the partial thickness envelope flap and fixed intramurally with three single suture points using 6.0 resorbable suture.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The final phase was to pack the bone graft material into the remaining gap. To accomplish this, a narrow, flat-contoured healing abutment was screwed into the implant after removing the provisional restoration. A homologous cancellous bone graft material (Puros, Zimmer) was used to pack the bone particles up to the gingival margin, giving the blood time to incorporate within the particles. The abutment should be tall and narrow enough to allow the bone graft to be placed and packed against it with a dedicated instrument, to the most coronal aspect of the gingival margin, maximizing the amount of graft material that can be placed into the labial gap (Fig 8a)<\/b>. The flat profile-healing abutment was then removed, leaving the bone graft material undisturbed (Fig 8b)<\/b> and the provisional restoration was repositioned and tightened with 20 Ncm torque. The provisional restoration had subgingival contours that enabled it to support the soft tissue profile and help protect the blood clot as well as the bone and the connective tissue graft. While screwing in the provisional restoration, cleared from dynamic occlusion, excess bone graft material was removed with a periodontal probe to the level of the gingival margin and a postoperative x-ray was taken (Figs 9a & 9b).<\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The patient was instructed to rinse three times a day for one minute with chlorhexidine digluconate (0.12%) and to avoid removing plaque by mechanical means at the surgical sites for three weeks. Sutures were removed three weeks postoperatively and the patient was asked to commence plaque removal at the provisional with a soft-bristled toothbrush and to rinse twice a day for one minute for an additional month. She also was instructed to follow a semi-liquid diet for the first week and then soft foods for the next two months.<\/p>\n

The patient returned for regular follow-up appointments; at the four-month visit a periapical digital film was taken to verify healing (Fig 10a)<\/b>. The provisional restoration was removed at that time and a healthy prosthetic running room was noted (Fig 10b)<\/b>. Subsequently, an optical digital impression was taken, capturing the subgingival soft tissue profile by scanning the provisional restoration contour chairside (Figs 11a-11c)<\/b>. Using CAD\/CAM technology, the dental laboratory was able to design, project, and fabricate a screw-retained layered zirconia crown to be constructed with titanium base (Figs 11d-12b)<\/b>. 26 An 18-month intraoral occlusal view (Fig 13)<\/b> and 24-month CBCT scan (Fig 14)<\/b> show excellent bone levels around the implant, especially in the facial plate interface. At every follow-up\u00a0 appointment, the periodontal health surrounding the restoration was controlled by the probing depth evaluation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Single-implant treatment has been found to be highly predictable in terms of implant survival rates.27-29<\/sup> Classical parameters seem little affected by the timing of implant placement relative to tooth extraction and variations in the surgical30<\/sup> and restorative procedures.31,32<\/sup><\/p>\n

To decrease the duration of patients\u2019 surgical phase, postextractive implants were used. Postextraction socket implant replacement survival rates are equivalent to those of delayed placement, while decreasing the number of clinical procedures.33<\/sup> In addition, bone grafting is not a requirement for immediate implants, even those with large labial gaps, to achieve osseointegration of the implant.34<\/sup><\/p>\n

Dual-Zone Concept<\/strong>
\nIn 2012, Chu and colleagues9<\/sup> evaluated the buccolingual contour change in immediate implant placement and provisionalization cases and introduced the dualzone concept. This concept, linked to the achievement of esthetic success, demonstrates why it is critical in the early phases to take not only buccal photographic references but also occlusal views to begin evaluating what must be done to make the definitive restoration blend in with adjacent teeth.<\/p>\n

The dual-zone protocol suggests to bone graft the residual gap up to the gingival margin at the time of the placement; this would limit the changes in the buccal contour and potentially enhance the thickness of the peri-implant soft tissue, and, therefore, the overall esthetics of the final restoration.19<\/sup> The study\u2019s conclusion was that placing a bone graft into the residual labial gap around an anterior implant in a postextraction socket is helpful in limiting the amount of faciopalatal contour change. The study\u2019s authors postulated that to achieve predictable esthetic success, the critical clinical keys that must be respected are:<\/p>\n