| Drawing from a recently published work by Dr. Steigmann and Dr. Hom-Lay Wang, this workshop will address the clinical challenge of creating natural gingival esthetics after immediate or delayed implant placement. Flapless immediate implant surgery has been proposed to overcome the pitfalls of these techniques. One of the major limitations to this approach is the inability to correct localized horizontal/vertical deficiency, dehiscence or fenestration without jeopardizing esthetic outcomes. A new flap design, the esthetic buccal flap (EBF) together with simultaneously guided bone augmentation will allow the clinician to correct apical buccal flap fenestration defects while maintaining the supraosseous soft tissue during flapless implant surgery. |
