Effect of the use of a ready-made plastic stent on the peri-implant soft tissue.

Objective: This study compared the effect of the use of a ready-made plastic stent on the width of peri-implant keratinized mucosa with that of conventional methods and examined the effects of a plastic stent on peri-implant soft tissue.

Materials And Methods: Five young-adult beagle dogs were used. Forty titanium implants were placed in the mandibular alveolar ridge.

A simple approach to preserve keratinized mucosa around implants using a pre-fabricated implant-retained stent: a report of two cases.

Purpose: There is no consensus regarding the relationship between the width of keratinized mucosa and the health of peri-implant tissues, but clinicians prefer to provide enough keratinized mucosa around dental implants for long-term implant maintenance. An apically positioned flap during second stage implant surgery is the chosen method of widening the keratinized zone in simple procedures. However, the routine suture techniques used with this method tend to apply tension over the provisional abutments and decrease pre-existing keratinized mucosa.