The influence of submerged healing abutment or subcrestal implant placement on soft tissue thickness and crestal bone stability. A 2-year randomized clinical trial.
Tomas LinkeviciusAlgirdas PuisysRokas LinkeviciusJonas AlkimaviciusEvelina GineviciuteLaura LinkevicienePublished in: Clinical implant dentistry and related research (2020)
Subcrestal implant placement can significantly reduce crestal bone loss, compared to vertical soft tissue thickening by tenting of epicrestally placed implants, although soft tissue tenting can significantly increase soft tissue thickness.