title: Creeping attachment involving dental implants: two case reports with a two-year follow-up from an ongoing clinical study.
abstract: Introduction. This paper describes case reports where coronal growth of soft tissue on implant threads was observed after surgery for soft tissue graft. This phenomenon is known as "creeping attachment." Methods. Two patients were submitted to gingival graft procedure including subepithelial connective tissue graft and masticatory mucosal graft. A two-year follow-up appointment was performed. Results. After a two-year follow-up gingival growth over titanium surfaces characterizing the "creeping attachment" phenomenon was observed. This gingival growth happened over abutment and threads surfaces. Conclusion. The creeping attachment phenomenon is possible over titanium surfaces and has not yet been reported in the relevant literature over this kind of structure.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Armando R Lopes
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Pereira Neto
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bernardo Born
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Passoni
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Moisés
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: João Gustavo Oliveira
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6102-6456
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: César Augusto Magalhães
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4209-0054
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Benfatti
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ricardo de Souza
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6380-8870
authors.initials: Rde S
authors.lastname: Magini
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marco Aurélio
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6135-701X
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bianchini