Impact of mucosal phenotype on marginal bone levels around tissue level implants: A prospective controlled trial.

Carlos Garaicoa-PazmiñoGustavo MendonçaAlice OuHsun-Liang ChanJames MailoaFernando Suárez-López Del AmoHom-Lay Wang

Published in: Journal of periodontology (2020)

Tissue level implants at 1 year of function placed in thin vertical mucosa achieved similar clinical parameters and radiographic MBLs as those in thick tissue. The formation of the peri-implant supracrestal tissue height plays a key role in MBL than mucosal thickness in tissue level implant.

Keyphrases

soft tissue
body mass index
randomized controlled trial
bone mineral density
ulcerative colitis