1. Identify the types of soft tissue complications that occur with dental implants and their incidence
2. Know how to avoid or minimize these complications
3. Understand contemporary cementation guidelines regarding technique and materials
4. Discuss the space required for appropriate implant placement
5. Describe the bioesthetic guidelines for anterior teeth
6. Predict interproximal soft tissue esthetics prior to implant placement
7. Predict midfacial soft tissue esthetics prior to implant placement
8. Know the factors that cause mucosal recessions and methods of minimizing recession
9. Describe the crown contours that promote favorable soft tissue positioning
10. Understand facial growth changes that occur during adolescence and continue throughout life
    

Soft tissue complications present biologic problems that can lead to bone and implant loss.  In the anterior esthetic zone of patients with high smile lines, unesthetic soft tissue changes can occur that require special knowledge to avoid the changes.  This presentation will identify how biologic and esthetic mucosal problems occur and how they could have been minimized or avoided.

1. Incidence of implant fenestration/dehiscence
2. Incidences and causes of gingival inflammation/proliferation
3. Incidence and causes of fistulas
4. Effect of residual cement on fistula development
5. Cementation guidelines
6. Space requirements for implant placement
1. Space required between adjacent teeth
2. Space required between implant and adjacent natural teeth
3. Space needed between adjacent implants
7. Bioesthetic guidelines for anterior single implants
1. Mediolateral implant positioning guidelines
2. Apical implant positioning guidelines
3. Faciolingual implant positioning guidelines
4. What bone grafting does and does not do
8. Challenges associated with the peri-implant mucosa and interdental papilla
9. Predicting interproximal soft tissue esthetics
1. Effect of periodontal biotype
2. Effect of distance from interproximal bone crest to proximal contact
3. Effect of adjacent natural tooth or implant
4. Effect of long epithelial attachments
10. Predicting the midfacial soft tissue location after extraction and implant placement
1. Incisocervical location of midfacial bone crest
2. Incisocervical implant location
3. Facial implant position/angulation
4. Proximity of implant to facial bone
5. Faciolingual thickness of facial bone
11. Factors causing mucosal recession around implants
12. Methods of minimizing recession around implants
13. Affect of crown contours on soft tissue health, position, and contours
14. The S-shaped crown form
15. Compromised mucosal outcomes and their management
16. Facial growth changes during adolescence and during aging