Prosthodontic Management of Implant Therapy : Esthetic Complications - 28/02/19

Doi : 10.1016/j.cden.2018.11.003

Lyndon F. Cooper, DDS, PhD ^a,^⁎ , Ingeborg J. De Kok, DDS, MS ^b, Ghadeer Thalji, DDS, PhD ^c, Matthew S. Bryington, DMD, MS ^d
^a Department of Oral Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 801 South Paulina Street, 402E, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
^b Department of Restorative Sciences, University of North Carolina, CB #7450, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7450, USA
^c Department of Restorative Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 801 South Paulina Street, Room 365B, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
^d Department of Restorative Dentistry, West Virginia University, School of Dentistry, PO Box 9495, One Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, WV 26506-9495, USA

^∗Corresponding author.

Résumé

The essential promise of implant dentistry is the ability to imperceptibly replace missing teeth. To achieve this, careful planning, execution, and maintenance is required by the dentist and patient to maintain a long-term esthetic and functional result. Unfortunately, as a result of biological, prosthetic, and iatrogenic factors, unesthetic results can occur. This article explores the potential causes for the unesthetic dental implant and the possible solutions that may improve the clinical situation. Whereas relatively simple errors may be corrected through prosthetic means, greater complications may require surgical intervention to achieve the desired result.

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Keywords : Implant dentistry, Esthetics, Implant complications, Implant failure, Esthetic complications, Implant esthetic complications, Implant removal