[Effect of provisional restoration on shaping the contour of the soft tissue during maxillary single tooth implant procedure].

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the influence of soft tissue aesthetic outcomes following application of adhensive fixed partial denture and implant supported temporary restoration in maxillary single tooth implant procedure. Discuss the feasibility and details of the shaping the soft tissue by combine adhensive fixed partial denture and implant-supported temporary restoration.

METHODS

The study included 29 patients(Male: 17, Female: 12) with hopeless maxillary single tooth from Sept. 2008 to Dec. 2010. All patients received tooth extraction and implant treatment in department of oral implantology, Peking University School and hospital of Stomatology. The adhesive fixed partial denture as a provisional restoration was used to support the soft tissue of the tooth extraction socket after tooth extraction. The average time of patient wearing adhensive fixed partial denture was 3.7 months. The implant supported temporary restoration was delivered to shape the soft tissue after implant placement. The average time of implant supported provisional restoration using was 8.3 months. Soft tissue esthetic condition was evaluated through 4 main index reference pink esthetic score (PES) before tooth extraction and at the time of the final restoration. Clinical observe items also included the survival rate of fixed partial denture and rate of re-adhesive, integrity of temporary restoration and degree of satisfaction of the patients. The control group included 29 cases with removable denture or without temporary restoration. The base line differences between control group and experiment group were not statistically significant.

RESULTS

The survival rate of both the adhensive partial denture and implant-supported provisional restoration was 100%. The re-adhesive rate of adhesive partial denture was 16.2% during follow-up period. The PES at the time of final restoration were significant different between two groups by t test (7.48±0.51 vs. 5.69±0.71, P<0.000 1). Patients were satisfied with the clinical results.

CONCLUSION

This study indicates that fixed partial restoration and implant-supported provisional restoration could be used to support and to shape the soft tissue contour and to improve the aesthetic effects.