Pink esthetic and radiological scores around immediate implants placed in the esthetic zone - Socket-Shield Technique versus Immediate Conventional Technique: A Pilot Study.

Objective: It is irrefutable that the extraction of teeth inextricably results in definitive changes in the surrounding hard and soft tissues. Recently, Socket-Shield Technique (SST) has been used to keep the buccal two-third of the root intact in the socket. This buccal shield further preserves the periodontium-bundle bone complex and hence preserves the buccal hard and soft tissue.