Restoration using gingiva-colored ceramic and a ridge lap pontic with circumferential pressure: A clinical report

Kim, Tae Hyung; Cascione, Domenico; Knezevic, Alena; Nowzari, Hessam

doi:10.1016/S0022-3913(10)00107-1

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Volume 104, Issue 2 , Pages 71-76, August 2010

Restoration using gingiva-colored ceramic and a ridge lap pontic with circumferential pressure: A clinical report

Tae Hyung Kim, DDS
- Assistant Professor, Division of Restorative Science, Chair of Removable Section, University of Southern California, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, Los Angeles, Calif
- Corresponding author: Dr Tae Hyung Kim, University of Southern California, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, 925 W 34^th St Los Angeles, CA 90089-0641, Fax: 213-740-1524
Domenico Cascione, CDT, BS
- Adjunct Faculty Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Restorative Science, University of Southern California, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, Los Angeles, Calif
Alena Knezevic, DDS, PhD
- Research Associate, University of Southern California, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC; Assistant Professor, Department of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Hessam Nowzari, DDS, PhD
- Professor, Clinical Dentistry, and Director, Advanced Periodontics, University of Southern California, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, Los Angeles, Calif

Achieving an optimal esthetic result when replacing missing teeth with implant-supported restorations in the esthetic zone is a demanding surgical and restorative challenge. This clinical report describes the use of a cantilevered, cemented, implant-supported restoration with gingiva-colored ceramics and a circumferential pressure-ridge lap pontic to replace 2 incisors and the adjacent tissue.