Soft Tissue Contour Impression with Analogic or Digital Work Flow: A Case Report

Luigi Canullo, Andrea Di Domenico, Fabio Marinotti, Maria Menini and Paolo Pesce
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Luigi Canullo: Private Practice, Via Nizza, 46, 00198 Rome, Italy
Andrea Di Domenico: Private Practice, Via Benincasa, 11, 84013 Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
Fabio Marinotti: Private Practice, Via Nizza, 46, 00198 Rome, Italy
Maria Menini: Department of Surgical Sciences (DISC), Implant and Prosthetic Dentistry Unit, University of Genoa, Ospedale S. Martino (Pad. 4), L. Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Paolo Pesce: Department of Surgical Sciences (DISC), Implant and Prosthetic Dentistry Unit, University of Genoa, Ospedale S. Martino (Pad. 4), L. Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-7

Abstract: Purpose: Transferring precise information to the dental laboratory is one of the key factors to achieving clinical success. The aim of the present study was to describe classical and digital work-flows used to rehabilitate an implant with a convergent collar in the aesthetic zone following the BOPT (biologically oriented preparation technique) approach and to report the three years follow-up outcomes of two patients rehabilitated following such procedures. Materials and methods: Two central incisors of two different patients were rehabilitated with a tissue-level implant with a convergent collar and, after a provisional and healing phase, one implant was “impressed” using a classical workflow and one using a digital one. The primary outcome measured was the mean bone loss. An intraoral radiograph was taken at crown delivery and at the three years follow-up visit. Secondary Esthetic outcomes pre-op and post-op were evaluated using the PES (pink esthetic score). Results: At the three years follow-up visit, radiographic analysis showed no signs of bone resorption. For the analogic procedure, the pre-and post-op PES scores were 8, whereas for the digital procedure the pre-op PES score was 4 and a post-op score of 9 was obtained. Conclusions: classical and digital work flows succeeded in giving precise and complete anatomical information of implant position, including the soft tissue contour. Minimum bone loss and an esthetic success were obtained in both procedures.

Keywords: digital dentistry; esthetics; digital work-flow; analogic workflow; bone augmentation; implant dentistry; PES; radiographic analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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