EVALUATION OF GINGIVAL PHENOTYPE IN IMPLANT DENTISTRY

Abstract

The success of oral rehabilitation in implantology in daily practice is directly associated with correct, organized and careful planning that must be individualized and executed in order to meet the needs of each patient. Anatomical characteristics of the periodontium, such as the presence of periodontal disease and gingival biotype, are factors that should be evaluated during the clinical examination of a patient in need of implants. The aim of this study was to conduct a literature review on the relationship between the gingival phenotype and rehabilitation involving dental implants. This is a narrative literature review, whose search for studies was carried out in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO) and PUBMED electronic databases published in the last 5 years, using the following descriptors and Boolean operators: "Dental Implant" AND "Periodontics" AND "Oral Diagnosis". Implant treatment after tooth loss, regardless of the late or immediate form with or without the use of load can create several biological or biomechanical complications, but vestibular dehiscence is the complication that most compromises aesthetics. The thin and festolate gingival phenotype can have an unfavorable aesthetic result, early diagnosis and present pathologies as well as control and adherence to treatment corroborate the long-term success of treatment with dental implants.