Reconstruction of lost papillae for natural teeth and implants

Content
The papilla tissue around teeth and implants is an essential component in esthetic appearance because it is visible in about 80% of patients. Surgical, prosthetic, and orthodontic approaches will be considered for reconstruction of lost papillae. Strategy of treatment will be verified in papillae that are between teeth, tooth-pontic, pontic-pontic, tooth-implant, implant-implant, and implant-pontic. This presentation will be focused mainly on surgical techniques for reconstructing papillae around teeth and dental implants, and will further discuss the mean value and distance distribution of papilla height to predict the feasibility and the limitations of papillae reconstruction- and will touch on how to expand the potential of papilla reconstruction combined with prosthetic and orthodontic treatment.