CLINICAL CASE

1 – Baseline before implant placement showing the soft-tissue deficiency.
2 – Implant surgery after implant placement showing the need for guided bone regeneration.
3 – Guided bone regeneration with Geistlich Bio-Oss® and Geistlich Bio-Gide®.
4 – Geistlich Fibro-Gide® was trimmed to the defect size and placed at full thickness (6 mm) on top of Geistlich Bio-Gide®.
5 – Wound closure (PTFE 5/0 sutures) by combining horizontal mattress sutures and single sutures in a double layer.
6 – 2 weeks follow-up post-surgery.
7 – 3 months follow-up post-surgery.
8 – Re-entry was performed 3 months post-surgery. Soft-tissue emergence profile at the time of final ceramic-crown delivery 4 months after implant placement.
9 – Clinical and radiographic situation 2 years after implant insertion.