Anteriorly Pedicled Connective Tissue Graft Within Palatal Flap for Immediate Incisal Implant Placement

Immediate implant placement is a well-accepted treatment modality that has been shown to have high cumulative survival rates. Management of the soft tissue framework around an implant is key to achieving ideal esthetics in the maxillary anterior esthetic zone. When a patient has a tooth with advanced bone loss and recession in the esthetic zone, removing that tooth and replacing it with an implant often requires multiple surgical procedures to restore the lost hard and soft tissue. Immediate implants also help preserve the crestal bone and minimize soft tissue changes in the aesthetic zone. According to newest literature review this lecture will show for the first time medical drawings of the palatal flap and its clinical implementation with short implants. This article will discuss a novel approach to this challenge. A case treated with a 1-stage surgical procedure using an anteriorly pedicled connective tissue graft within a palatal flap will be presented. The extraction of anterior teeth with advanced bone loss, placement of immediate implants, and reconstruction of the hard and soft tissue with 1 surgery will be demonstrated with medical drawings and videos followed by digital prosthodontics workflow. The anteriorly based pediculated connective tissue graft offers an alternative to multiple surgeries to correct sites with advanced hard and soft tissue loss. It can be safely used at the time of immediate placement with concomitant tuber graft to achieve adequate soft tissue volume with 1 surgical intervention. This approach generally results in less postoperative pain and discomfort for the patient, predictable healing due to robust blood supply, more natural-looking gingival contour and improved overall esthetics of the implant. Presented at Bicon’s 40th Anniversary in Catania, Sicily.

Prof. Dr. Drago Jelovac, MD, DMD, MSc, PhD, FEBOMFS, IFHNOS Fellow, EACMFS Fellow, URMS, SFAS
Maxillofacial Surgeon Belgrade, Serbia


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