Literature review reveals the influence of soft tissue thickness on crestal bone loss in dental implant patients, indicating mucosal phenotype plays a critical role in long-term stability.
A dental implant is a treatment option that is widely used nowadays and provides to giving the aesthetic, function, and phonation back to the patient in dental deficiencies. Nevertheless, the inefficacies of dental implants also draw attention for various reasons. Factors causing early period implant inefficacies are being analyzed and reasons that may be affecting marginal bone loss are being elaborated. In the literature, factors causing marginal bone loss such as premature prosthetic loading, neglected cement residues at the prosthesis stage, micro-gap foundation, infection foundation on the surgery region and traumatic surgery draws attention. One of these reasons is the thickness of the mucosa covering the region that the implant is placed (phenotype). The purpose of our review is to discuss the effect of mucosal thickness in the surgical area on the marginal bone loss in the implant area, within the scope of the literature.
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