Dental Research Journal (Jan 2021)

A new classification of peri implant gaps based on gap location (A case series of 210 immediate implants)

  • Douglas Deporter,
  • Ali Akbar Khoshkhounejad,
  • Nikfam Khoshkhounejad,
  • Mohammad Ketabi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/1735-3327.313124
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 1
pp. 29 – 29

Abstract

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Based on our collective experiences with gap management around immediate dental implants, we have proposed a classification of gap type based on the location in relation to implant periphery. Seven types are proposed, and all but one type should heal without gap grafting provided that flap-less surgery and atraumatic extraction have been achieved. The exception is our Type II gap where the implant has been placed too far buccally leaving a gap only on the lingual/palatal. In this case, the lingual/palatal gap need not be grafted, but the buccal aspect of the implant should best to augmented to avoid the complications.

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