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NASCIMENTO, Patrícia Lins Azevedo do et al. Peri-implant esthetics through gingival conditioning. RGO, Rev. gaúch. odontol. (Online) [online]. 2012, vol.60, n.4, pp. 516-522. ISSN 1981-8637.

In most cases, oral rehabilitation using implants provides esthetic excellence and consequently an improvement in the quality of life so cherished by edentulous patients. When there is interproximal papilla loss, this rehabilitation becomes difficult to achieve. To solve this problem, it is possible to use the gingival conditioning technique. This consists of rebuilding provisional crowns with acrylic resin during the phases of surgical healing through to the application of gradual pressure, leading to gingival papilla formation. The aim of this research was to show, by way of a clinical case, the esthetic possibilities obtained through gingival conditioning via the rebuilding of the provisional crown on the implant. It may be concluded that the gingival conditioning technique which uses gradual rebuilding of the temporary crown is simple, easily accomplished and particularly effective in the restoration of esthetics in implant rehabilitation, provided that patients can maintain correct oral hygiene and plaque control.

Palavras-chave : Esthetics dental.; Gingiva.; Mouth rehabilitation..