Immediately versus early placed bone-level-tapered implants supporting all-ceramic crowns on titanium base abutments: 1-year radiographic and pink esthetic outcomes of a multicenter pilot RCT.

The present research contributes to the knowledge on clinical outcomes of immediately and early placed BLT implants restored with buccally microveneered ceramic single crowns out of two different ceramic materials. The research shows that similar esthetic and radiographic outcomes can be reached by means of immediate implant placement compared to the conventional early placement protocol. The improvement of esthetic soft-tissue parameters over time was shown for both implant placement protocols.