title: Combined soft and hard tissue peri-implant plastic surgery techniques to enhance implant rehabilitation: a case report.
abstract: This case report presents an implant-aided prosthetic treatment in which peri-implant plastic surgery techniques were applied in combination to satisfactorily attain functional aesthetic expectations. Peri-implant plastic surgery enables the successful reconstruction and restoration of the balance between soft and hard tissues and allows the option of implant-aided fixed prosthetic rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Dentistry, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baltacıoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Dentistry, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatih Mehmet
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Ankara University, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nilsun
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bağış
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Dentistry, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Güven
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aydın
authors.affiliation: Beytepe Hospital, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Pınar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yuva
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Dentistry, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yavuz Tolga
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Dentistry, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bora
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bağış
keywords: Augmentation; dental implant; peri-implant plastic surgery; soft and hard tissue.