title: Novel Approach to Managing Malsequenced and Malpositioned Immediately Placed Implants in the Esthetic Zone.
abstract: Esthetic implant therapy can be challenging in the anterior maxilla, and meticulous treatment is often required to deliver optimal esthetics. Close collaboration between surgical and prosthetic team members using the novel approach of prosthetic crown lengthening helped camouflage a shallow implant platform location, providing the proper gingival frame for esthetic restorations. This case report presents an interdisciplinary approach that included ridge augmentation, second-stage crown lengthening, and prosthetic soft tissue manipulation to address an implant placed too shallow in the alveolus of an extraction socket.
authors.forename: Jacob K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bingham
authors.forename: Brock J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Pumphrey
authors.forename: Gerard J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Chiche
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Britton
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000601:surgery; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D016556:Crown Lengthening; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D019250:Dental Implants, Single-Tooth; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D005881:Gingiva / Q000601:surgery; D005890:Gingivectomy; D064593:Heterografts / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D057893:Immediate Dental Implant Loading / Q000379:methods*; D007180:Incisor / Q000601:surgery; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D019252:Radiography, Dental, Digital; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D020390:Tooth Socket / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015040:Zirconium
chemical_list: D015040:Zirconium