Evaluating the clinical and esthetic outcome of apically positioned flap technique in augmentation of keratinized gingiva around dental implants
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Auteurs : Vineela Katam Reddy ; Harinath Parthasarathy ; Priya LochanaSource :
- Contemporary Clinical Dentistry [ 0976-237X ] ; 2013.
Abstract
Dental implants though a successful treatment modality there exists controversies regarding the relationship between the adequacy of the keratinized gingiva (KG) and peri-implant health. The presence of an adequate amount of peri-implant KG reduces gingival inflammation and hence soft-tissue augmentation should be frequently considered. Among the various periodontal plastic surgical procedures, the apically displaced flap increases the width of keratinized tissue with reduced patient morbidity. The current study aims at evaluating the esthetic improvement in KG around dental implants applying apically positioned flap (APF) technique.
A total of 10 endosseous dental implants were placed in eight systemically healthy patients. APF surgery was performed at the implant site on the buccal aspect either at the time of implant placement (one stage surgical protocol) or during the implant recovery stage (two stage surgical protocols) for increasing the width of KG and reviewed until 12 weeks post-operatively. The width of KG was evaluated at baseline and at the end of 12 weeks after surgery. Paired
The mean width of KG at baseline was 1.47 mm and 12 weeks post-operatively was 5.42 mm. The gain in KG from baseline was 3.95 mm with the
The technique of APF yielded a significant improvement in keratinized tissue, which is both functionally and esthetically acceptable.
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<record><TEI><teiHeader><fileDesc><titleStmt><title xml:lang="en">Evaluating the clinical and esthetic outcome of apically positioned flap technique in augmentation of keratinized gingiva around dental implants</title><author><name sortKey="Reddy, Vineela Katam" sort="Reddy, Vineela Katam" uniqKey="Reddy V" first="Vineela Katam" last="Reddy">Vineela Katam Reddy</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff1"></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Parthasarathy, Harinath" sort="Parthasarathy, Harinath" uniqKey="Parthasarathy H" first="Harinath" last="Parthasarathy">Harinath Parthasarathy</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff2"><italic>Department of Periodontology, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India</italic></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Lochana, Priya" sort="Lochana, Priya" uniqKey="Lochana P" first="Priya" last="Lochana">Priya Lochana</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff2"><italic>Department of Periodontology, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India</italic></nlm:aff></affiliation></author></titleStmt><publicationStmt><idno type="wicri:source">PMC</idno><idno type="pmid">24124297</idno><idno type="pmc">3793552</idno><idno type="url">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3793552</idno><idno type="RBID">PMC:3793552</idno><idno type="doi">10.4103/0976-237X.118378</idno><date when="2013">2013</date><idno type="wicri:Area/Pmc/Corpus">002B43</idno><idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Pmc" wicri:step="Corpus" wicri:corpus="PMC">002B43</idno></publicationStmt><sourceDesc><biblStruct><analytic><title xml:lang="en" level="a" type="main">Evaluating the clinical and esthetic outcome of apically positioned flap technique in augmentation of keratinized gingiva around dental implants</title><author><name sortKey="Reddy, Vineela Katam" sort="Reddy, Vineela Katam" uniqKey="Reddy V" first="Vineela Katam" last="Reddy">Vineela Katam Reddy</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff1"></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Parthasarathy, Harinath" sort="Parthasarathy, Harinath" uniqKey="Parthasarathy H" first="Harinath" last="Parthasarathy">Harinath Parthasarathy</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff2"><italic>Department of Periodontology, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India</italic></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Lochana, Priya" sort="Lochana, Priya" uniqKey="Lochana P" first="Priya" last="Lochana">Priya Lochana</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="aff2"><italic>Department of Periodontology, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India</italic></nlm:aff></affiliation></author></analytic><series><title level="j">Contemporary Clinical Dentistry</title><idno type="ISSN">0976-237X</idno><idno type="eISSN">0976-2361</idno><imprint><date when="2013">2013</date></imprint></series></biblStruct></sourceDesc></fileDesc><profileDesc><textClass></textClass></profileDesc></teiHeader><front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><sec id="st1"><title>Purpose:</title><p>Dental implants though a successful treatment modality there exists controversies regarding the relationship between the adequacy of the keratinized gingiva (KG) and peri-implant health. The presence of an adequate amount of peri-implant KG reduces gingival inflammation and hence soft-tissue augmentation should be frequently considered. Among the various periodontal plastic surgical procedures, the apically displaced flap increases the width of keratinized tissue with reduced patient morbidity. The current study aims at evaluating the esthetic improvement in KG around dental implants applying apically positioned flap (APF) technique.</p></sec><sec id="st2"><title>Materials and Methods:</title><p>A total of 10 endosseous dental implants were placed in eight systemically healthy patients. APF surgery was performed at the implant site on the buccal aspect either at the time of implant placement (one stage surgical protocol) or during the implant recovery stage (two stage surgical protocols) for increasing the width of KG and reviewed until 12 weeks post-operatively. The width of KG was evaluated at baseline and at the end of 12 weeks after surgery. Paired <italic>t</italic>-test was performed to evaluate the changes in the width of KG at baseline and at 12 weeks post-operatively. In addition, soft-tissue esthetic outcome was assessed by using visual analog scale (VAS).</p></sec><sec id="st3"><title>Results:</title><p>The mean width of KG at baseline was 1.47 mm and 12 weeks post-operatively was 5.42 mm. The gain in KG from baseline was 3.95 mm with the <italic>P</italic> value of 0.000, which was highly statistically significant. The assessment of esthetic outcome using VAS gave an average score of 7.1 indicating good esthetics.</p></sec><sec id="st4"><title>Conclusion:</title><p>The technique of APF yielded a significant improvement in keratinized tissue, which is both functionally and esthetically acceptable.</p></sec></div></front><back><div1 type="bibliography"><listBibl><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Cate, At" uniqKey="Cate A">AT Cate</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Lang, Np" uniqKey="Lang N">NP Lang</name></author><author><name sortKey="Loe, H" uniqKey="Loe H">H Löe</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="De Trey, E" uniqKey="De Trey E">E de Trey</name></author><author><name sortKey="Bernimoulin, Jp" uniqKey="Bernimoulin J">JP Bernimoulin</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Hall, Wb" uniqKey="Hall W">WB 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Contemp Clin Dent</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Contemp Clin Dent</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">CCD</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Contemporary Clinical Dentistry</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">0976-237X</issn><issn pub-type="epub">0976-2361</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd</publisher-name><publisher-loc>India</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">24124297</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">3793552</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">CCD-4-319</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4103/0976-237X.118378</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Original Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Evaluating the clinical and esthetic outcome of apically positioned flap technique in augmentation of keratinized gingiva around dental implants</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Reddy</surname><given-names>Vineela Katam</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Parthasarathy</surname><given-names>Harinath</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">1</xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Lochana</surname><given-names>Priya</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">1</xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><italic>Department of Periodontology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Pilayarkuppam, Puducherry, India</italic></aff><aff id="aff2"><label>1</label><italic>Department of Periodontology, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India</italic></aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1"><bold>Correspondence:</bold> Dr. Harinath Parthasarathy, Department of Periodontology, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai - 600 089, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail: <email xlink:href="hari_feb14@hotmail.com">hari_feb14@hotmail.com</email></corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><season>Jul-Sep</season><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>4</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>319</fpage><lpage>324</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright: © Contemporary Clinical Dentistry</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2013</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><sec id="st1"><title>Purpose:</title><p>Dental implants though a successful treatment modality there exists controversies regarding the relationship between the adequacy of the keratinized gingiva (KG) and peri-implant health. The presence of an adequate amount of peri-implant KG reduces gingival inflammation and hence soft-tissue augmentation should be frequently considered. Among the various periodontal plastic surgical procedures, the apically displaced flap increases the width of keratinized tissue with reduced patient morbidity. The current study aims at evaluating the esthetic improvement in KG around dental implants applying apically positioned flap (APF) technique.</p></sec><sec id="st2"><title>Materials and Methods:</title><p>A total of 10 endosseous dental implants were placed in eight systemically healthy patients. APF surgery was performed at the implant site on the buccal aspect either at the time of implant placement (one stage surgical protocol) or during the implant recovery stage (two stage surgical protocols) for increasing the width of KG and reviewed until 12 weeks post-operatively. The width of KG was evaluated at baseline and at the end of 12 weeks after surgery. Paired <italic>t</italic>-test was performed to evaluate the changes in the width of KG at baseline and at 12 weeks post-operatively. In addition, soft-tissue esthetic outcome was assessed by using visual analog scale (VAS).</p></sec><sec id="st3"><title>Results:</title><p>The mean width of KG at baseline was 1.47 mm and 12 weeks post-operatively was 5.42 mm. The gain in KG from baseline was 3.95 mm with the <italic>P</italic> value of 0.000, which was highly statistically significant. The assessment of esthetic outcome using VAS gave an average score of 7.1 indicating good esthetics.</p></sec><sec id="st4"><title>Conclusion:</title><p>The technique of APF yielded a significant improvement in keratinized tissue, which is both functionally and esthetically acceptable.</p></sec></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Dental esthetics</kwd><kwd>dental implants</kwd><kwd>flap</kwd><kwd>gingiva</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="sec1-1"><title>Introduction</title><p>Dental implant has been a successful treatment modality in the management of edentulous patients. Success of osseointegrated implants is predominantly based upon patient selection, conservation of hard and soft-tissues along with following proper surgical techniques and prosthetic protocols. The presence of healthy peri-implant soft-tissue to provide an optimal seal between the oral environment and the implant with its associated super structure plays a crucial role in long-term success of dental implants.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1">1</xref>] The protective barriers for an osseointegrated implant are compromised due to the presence of parallel arrangement of gingival connective tissue fibers resulting in a weak peri-implant mucosal seal.</p><p>Controversies exist in the scientific literature regarding the relationship between the adequacy of the keratinized mucosa and the health of peri-implant tissues. Lang and Loe established that a minimum of 2 mm of keratinized gingiva (KG) is required to maintain gingival health regardless of the patient's oral hygiene.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2">2</xref>] However, according to de Trey and Bernimoulin, the width of attached gingiva is not the only determining factor for implant survival.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref3">3</xref>] Factors like the patient's age, oral hygiene maintenance, esthetic considerations and patient's expectations, should also be taken into consideration.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref4">4</xref>] Several experimental studies (Wennström <italic>et al</italic>., Mericske-Stern <italic>et al</italic>., Adell <italic>et al</italic>., Lekholm <italic>et al</italic>., Schou <italic>et al</italic>.) have suggested that there is no correlation between implant success rate and the presence of peri-implant keratinized soft-tissue as long as plaque control is maintained.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref5">5</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref6">6</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref7">7</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref8">8</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref9">9</xref>] On the other hand, studies by Buser, Schroeder <italic>et al</italic>., and Kirsch and Ackermann have reported that keratinized mucosa around the abutments is an important requisite for peri-implant health,[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref10">10</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref11">11</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref12">12</xref>] presence of an adequate amount of KG around to the implant reduces gingival inflammation[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref13">13</xref>] and hyperplasia[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref14">14</xref>] and minimizes marginal peri-implant gingival tissues retraction.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref7">7</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref14">14</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref15">15</xref>]</p><p>Though implant survival rate is not merely dependent on the width of keratinized tissues, in areas of esthetic concern and difficulties in plaque control the presence or augmentation of keratinized tissue around implants would be desirable for routine oral hygiene maintenance without causing discomfort.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref16">16</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref17">17</xref>] Hence, soft-tissue augmentation should be considered to provide a keratinized mucous zone that is as wide as possible embracing the implant prosthesis. Soft-tissue management in areas of implant rehabilitation may be performed before the surgical phase or after the surgical phase and before the prosthetic phase or after the completion of the prosthetic phase.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref18">18</xref>] Various periodontal plastic surgical procedures have been proposed for obtaining adequate amounts of keratinized tissue, which include free gingival auto grafts, lateral pedicle rotating flap, apically positioned flap (APF), coronally positioned flap, sub-epithelial connective tissue grafts and cellular dermal grafts.</p><p>The APF technique has shown to predictably increase the width of keratinized tissue around natural teeth.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref19">19</xref>] The increasing height of attached gingiva occurs because of an apical alteration of the mucogingival junction, which includes apical displacement of the muscular insertions.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref20">20</xref>] The advantages of APF technique are minimal post-operative bone loss, controlled post-operative position of the gingival margin and it does not require a second surgical site and hence better patient acceptance and comfort.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref21">21</xref>] Disadvantages being that it cannot be advocated for a thin gingival biotype and occasionally formation of a white scar may occur. Though a few studies have shown the effectiveness of APF in improving KG around natural teeth,[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref22">22</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref23">23</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref24">24</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref25">25</xref>] except a case report by Park <italic>et al</italic>.,[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref26">26</xref>] no studies have been done so far to evaluate the gain of keratinized tissue around dental implants using APF; hence, the current study aims at evaluating the clinical improvement in KG and esthetic outcome by applying APF technique around dental implants.</p></sec><sec sec-type="materials|methods" id="sec1-2"><title>Materials and Methods</title><p>The study enrolled 12 patients with partially edentulous dentition requiring the replacement of missing teeth either in the anterior or posterior region of maxilla and mandible who had reported to the Department of Periodontogy and Oral Implantology of SRM dental college, Chennai, India. Signed informed consent was obtained from the subjects before entering into the study and the study protocol was reviewed and approved by the institutional ethical committee. A total of 12 patients including 6 non - periodontitis and 6 with mild periodontitis were included in this study. Patients included had an age range of 24-47 years. Baseline evaluation of the full mouth plaque score, probing pocket depth, clinical attachment level, gingival biotype and the width of KG was recorded [<xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>]. Patients with moderate to severe periodontitis, pregnant women, lactating mothers, smokers and those with systemic diseases were excluded from the study. All patients had full mouth Scaling and Root surface debridement done and if any periodontal surgical procedures were to be performed was completed. Reevaluation of base line parameters was carried out after 8 weeks during which four patients who had poor oral hygiene maintenance and persisting active periodontal disease sites were excluded from the study [<xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>]. Finally, a total of 10 endosseous dental implants (self-threaded EZ - Hi tech life care implants, Israel) were placed in selected sites in 8 patients [<xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref>]. APF surgery was performed at the implant site on the buccal aspect either at the time of implant placement (one stage surgical protocol) or during the implant recovery stage (two stage surgical protocols) for increasing the width of KG. A para-crestal incision was placed and a full thickness mucoperiosteal flap was raised 2 mm apical to the cemento enamel junction of the adjacent natural teeth followed by a split thickness flap. Two vertical releasing incisions were placed on either side on the buccal gingiva at the mesial and distal line angles of the adjacent teeth. The flap was positioned apically and was sutured around the healing cap. The vertical releasing incisions were sutured with simple interrupted sutures and a periosteal anchoring suture was placed at the base of the flap [Figures <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">1</xref>-<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">5</xref>]. Periodontal dressing was placed if necessary and routine post-operative instructions and medications were given. Patients were followed at 1 week, 4 weeks and at 12 weeks post-operatively. The width of KG was evaluated at baseline and at the end of 12 weeks[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref27">27</xref>] after performing apically displaced flap surgery [Figures <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">6</xref> and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F7">7</xref>]. In addition, soft-tissue esthetic outcome was assessed by an independent examiner using visual analog scale (VAS) at 12 weeks following the surgery.</p><table-wrap id="T1" position="float"><label>Table 1</label><caption><p>Baseline and 8 weeks re-evaluation values before implant placement</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CCD-4-319-g001"></graphic></table-wrap><table-wrap id="T2" position="float"><label>Table 2</label><caption><p>Implant sites, baseline and 12 week post.operative width of KG and VAS score</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CCD-4-319-g002"></graphic></table-wrap><fig id="F1" position="float"><label>Figure 1</label><caption><p>Pre-operative edentulous site</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CCD-4-319-g003"></graphic></fig><fig id="F2" position="float"><label>Figure 2</label><caption><p>Para crestal and papilla preservation incision given, flap reflection and implant osteotomy performed</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CCD-4-319-g004"></graphic></fig><fig id="F3" position="float"><label>Figure 3</label><caption><p>Implant placed</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CCD-4-319-g005"></graphic></fig><fig id="F4" position="float"><label>Figure 4</label><caption><p>Split thickness flap raised with vertical releasing incisions</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CCD-4-319-g006"></graphic></fig><fig id="F5" position="float"><label>Figure 5</label><caption><p>Flap apically displaced and sutured</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CCD-4-319-g007"></graphic></fig><fig id="F6" position="float"><label>Figure 6</label><caption><p>12 weeks post-operative</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CCD-4-319-g008"></graphic></fig><fig id="F7" position="float"><label>Figure 7</label><caption><p>Implant with prosthesis</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CCD-4-319-g009"></graphic></fig><sec id="sec2-1"><title>Statistical analysis</title><p>The statistical package for social sciences program SPSS v19.0 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA) was used to perform Paired <italic>t</italic>-test to evaluate the changes in the width of KG at baseline and at 12 weeks post-operatively. A <italic>P</italic> < 0.05 was considered significant for the present study.</p></sec></sec><sec sec-type="results" id="sec1-3"><title>Results</title><p><xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref> shows the baseline and 12 weeks post-operative width of KG and VAS score around 10 dental implants placed in eight patients.</p><p>The mean width of KG at baseline was 1.47 mm and 5.42 mm at 12 weeks post-operatively as seen in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T3">Table 3</xref>.</p><table-wrap id="T3" position="float"><label>Table 3</label><caption><p>Paired samples statistics</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CCD-4-319-g010"></graphic></table-wrap><p>The gain in KG from baseline was 3.95 mm with the <italic>P</italic> value of 0.000, which was highly statistically significant as seen in Table <xref ref-type="table" rid="T4">4a</xref> and <xref ref-type="table" rid="T5">b</xref>.</p><table-wrap id="T4" position="float"><label>Table 4a</label><caption><p>Paired samples correlations</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CCD-4-319-g011"></graphic></table-wrap><table-wrap id="T5" position="float"><label>Table 4b</label><caption><p>Paired samples test</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CCD-4-319-g012"></graphic></table-wrap><p>The assessment of esthetic outcome using VAS gave an average score of 7.1 indicating good esthetics.</p><p>Figures <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F8">8</xref> and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F9">9</xref> show the diagrammatic representation of the changes in the width of KG at baseline and at 12 weeks post-operatively and the VAS score respectively.</p><fig id="F8" position="float"><label>Figure 8</label><caption><p>Diagrammatic representation of baseline and 12 weeks width of keratinized tissue</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CCD-4-319-g013"></graphic></fig><fig id="F9" position="float"><label>Figure 9</label><caption><p>Visual analog scale scores</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="CCD-4-319-g014"></graphic></fig></sec><sec sec-type="discussion" id="sec1-4"><title>Discussion</title><p>The plaque accumulation around implants leads to marginal tissue inflammation, which may result in peri-implantitis.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref28">28</xref>] Block and Kent had reported that the presence of keratinized tissue was significantly associated with good mucosal health and crestal bone loss of 2 mm or greater was seen in areas with lack of KG.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref13">13</xref>] Warrer <italic>et al</italic>., in their animal experimental study in monkeys concluded that implants without keratinized mucosa resulted in more recession and attachment loss when compared with implants with adequate keratinized tissue.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref13">13</xref>] Chung <italic>et al</italic>., suggested that plaque accumulation and gingival inflammation were higher around dental implants with keratinized mucosa <2 mm.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref29">29</xref>] Recent studies by Bouri <italic>et al</italic>., Kim <italic>et al</italic>., Schrott <italic>et al</italic>., reported that increased width of keratinized mucosa around dental implants is associated with lesser soft-tissue recession and greater hard tissue stability resulting in an advantage for long-term maintenance of implants.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref30">30</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref31">31</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref32">32</xref>]</p><p>The fact that mucosal thickness and the width of keratinized mucosa are of significance particularly in the esthetic zone, where narrow and thin gingival biotype may result in greater gingival recession, led to the introduction of many surgical procedures for soft-tissue augmentation around dental implants.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref33">33</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref34">34</xref>] Numerous studies have shown that increase in the amount of KG can be obtained by several different types of procedures, either before, simultaneously or after implant placement.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref35">35</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref36">36</xref><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref37">37</xref>] Though subepithelial connective tissue graft is the gold standard for gingival augmentation, use of such soft-tissue grafts have the intrinsic drawback of second surgical site morbidity, increased surgical time and cost and additional patient discomfort due to prolonged healing time needed at the donor site, which can overcome by APF technique.</p><p>Park <italic>et al</italic>., 2010 reported two cases, where the pre-existing narrow band of keratinized mucosa was displaced bucco-apically by APF with a partial thickness flap and stabilized by using a pre-fabricated implant-retained stent clipped over provisional abutments.[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref26">26</xref>] In the present study, the technique of APF around implants showed statistically significant improvement with a mean gain of 3.95 mm in the width of KG at the end of 12 weeks (<italic>P</italic> < 0.000), the results of which correlate with case report by Park <italic>et al</italic>., who showed a gain in KG following APF and to the best of our knowledge this is the first study to assess the esthetic outcome of apically displaced flap around implants. The esthetic outcome evaluated by an independent examiner using VAS gave an average score of 7.1 indicating good esthetics.</p></sec><sec sec-type="conclusion" id="sec1-5"><title>Conclusion</title><p>The technique of APF resulted in significant improvement in keratinized tissue, which is both functionally and esthetically acceptable. 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