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Soft tissue development in the esthetic zone Ratnadeep Patil 1
The research presented in this thesis was performed at the Department of Clinical Dentistry, Smile Care, Mumbai, India and the Department of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics of the Center for Dentistry and Oral Hygiene, University Medical Centre Groningen, The University of Groningen, The Netherlands. The research was supported by: Nobel Biocare; study contract: Assessing soft tissue aesthetics with new abutment design: clinical prospective study comparing titanium abutments with and without cervical concavity (Study no 2006-507). Publication of this thesis was generously supported by: P R Publications Layout and cover design: Muhammad Jaan Faruqui Printing: Seshaasai Business Forms Publisher: P R Publications ISBN: 978-90-367-8710-9 ISBN e-pub: 978-90-367-8709-3 Ratnadeep Patil, 2016 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reported or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior permission of the author. 2
Soft tissue development in the esthetic zone A clinical trial on abutment geometry and its effect on muco-gingival esthetics PhD thesis to obtain the degree of PhD at the University of Groningen on the authority of the Rector Magnificus Prof. E. Sterken and in accordance with the decision by the College of Deans. This thesis will be defended in public on Wednesday 18 May 2016 at 14.30 hours by Ratnadeep Chandrakant Patil born on 10 October 1966 in Mumbai, India 3
Supervisors Prof. dr. M.S. Cune Prof. dr. C. de Putter Assessment Committee Prof. dr. H.J.A. Meijer Prof. dr. G.J. Meijer Prof. dr. G.A.van der Weijden 4
Paranimfen Anjali Dilbaghi Carline van den Breemer 5
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C O N T E N T S 09 Chapter 1 Introduction 19 Chapter 2 A comparative study to evaluate the effect of two different abutment designs on soft tissue healing and stability of mucosal margins 39 Chapter 3 Comparison of two different abutment designs on marginal bone loss and soft tissue development 57 Chapter 4 Papillary fill response in single-tooth implants using abutments of different geometry 71 Chapter 5 Esthetic evaluation of anterior single tooth implants with different abutment designs patients satisfaction compared to dentists observations 83 Chapter 6 An exploratory study on the assessment of gingival biotype and crown dimensions as predictors for implant-esthetics comparing Caucasian and Indian subjects 97 Chapter 7 Discussion 111 Chapter 8 Summary 119 Chapter 9 Samenvatting 126 Dankwoord 128 Curriculum Vitae 7